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  • Practice Lock
  • Sell Price: 12c

Practice Lock is an item usually made by Engineers that could be used to practice Lockpicking. This was a slow and potentially expensive way to increase your Lockpicking skill.

The Practice Lock can only be used once. After that, it is opened and completely worthless. Many players practiced with renewable lockboxes off the Neutral 15 Merchant Coast near Ratchet, Horde 15 Amani Catacombs in Ghostlands or Alliance 15 Alther's Mill in Redridge Mountains.

On September 2, 2007, Blizzard patched-in support for the auction house telling potential buyers whether practice locks have been opened or not. Previous to this, unscrupulous players could auction their used practice locks to be bought by unsuspecting players.

With patch 4.0.1, the rogue lockpicking skill was changed to scale with a rogue's level, and no longer requires levelling through picking locks.

Source

Practice lock is made by engineers with a skill of 100.

The components are:
Inv ingot bronze 1x [Bronze Bar] Inv misc gear 06 2x [Handful of Copper Bolts]
Inv misc ammo gunpowder 02 1x [Weak Flux]

The schematic is learned from a trainer.

Patch changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Lockpicking now skills up as you level, you no longer need to practice. This makes practice locks redundant.

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