The Battle For The Undercity (Alliance)

Lockpicking is the ability to open locked doors, chests, junkboxes, and lockboxes. It can be performed in three ways:

1. The rogue class has a trained ability,  [Pick Lock], which allows them to open locked items. This can be learned at level 20 from any Rogue Trainer. As the rogue's level increases, so does their skill in picking locks, with the rogue being able to unlock items up to 5 times their level.
2. Blacksmiths can craft skeleton keys which are able to open locks of different levels. These keys can only be used by blacksmiths with the appropriate blacksmithing skill. The keys are consumed after successfully lockpicking an object.
3. Engineers can craft Seaforium Charges which provide a similar function to skeleton keys. Only engineers with the appropriate engineering skill can use the charges. The charges are consumed after successfully lockpicking an object. The most powerful charge, [Elemental Seaforium Charge], can only open locks with a skill requirement of 350 or lower, meaning engineers are unable to open items with the highest possible skill requirement such as [Froststeel Lockbox].

Pickable locks

Crafted items

Crafted Items

Item Level	Item	Orange	Yellow	Green	Grey
20	[Practice Lock]	1	30	60	80

Locked items

Junkboxes

Item	Skill	Source
[Battered Junkbox]	1	Pickpocketed from level ~20-30 mobs
[Worn Junkbox]	70	Pickpocketed from level ~30-40 mobs
[Sturdy Junkbox]	175	Pickpocketed from level ~40-50 mobs
[Heavy Junkbox]	250	Pickpocketed from level ~50-60 mobs
[Strong Junkbox]	300	Pickpocketed from level ~60-70 mobs
[Reinforced Junkbox]	350	Pickpocketed from level ~70-80 mobs
[Flame-Scarred Junkbox]	400	Pickpocketed from level ~80-85 mobs
[Vine-Cracked Junkbox]	450	Pickpocketed from level ~85-90 mobs
[Iron-Bound Junkbox]	525?

Lockboxes

Item	Skill	Source
[Ornate Bronze Lockbox]	1	Looted from level ~20-25 mobs
[Heavy Bronze Lockbox]	25	Looted from level ~25-30 mobs
[Iron Lockbox]	70	Looted from level ~30-35 mobs
[Strong Iron Lockbox]	125	Looted from level ~35-40 mobs
[Steel Lockbox]	175	Looted from level ~40-45 mobs
[Reinforced Steel Lockbox]	225	Looted from level ~45-50 mobs
[Mithril Lockbox]	225	Looted from level ~50-55 mobs
[Thorium Lockbox]	225	Looted from level ~55-60 mobs
[Eternium Lockbox]	225	Looted from level ~60-65 mobs
[Khorium Lockbox]	325	Looted from level ~65-70 mobs
[Froststeel Lockbox]	375	Looted from level ~70-75 mobs
[Titanium Lockbox]	400	Looted from level ~75-80 mobs
[Tiny Titanium Lockbox]	400	Looted from  [Bag of Fishing Treasures]
[Elementium Lockbox]	425	Looted from level ~80-85 mobs
[Ghost Iron Lockbox]	450	Looted from ~85-90 mobs
[True Steel Lockbox]	500	Looted from Shattered Hand Lockbox
[Leystone Lockbox]	550	Looted from ~98-110 mobs
[Barnacled Lockbox]	600	Looted from mobs in Nazjatar

Locked Chests (from Fishing)
Item Level	Item	Orange	Yellow	Green	Grey
20	[Small Locked Chest]	1	?	?	?
30	[Sturdy Locked Chest]	70	?	?	?
45	[Ironbound Locked Chest]	175	?	?	?
55	[Reinforced Locked Chest]	250	?	300	<300

Footlockers

Footlockers
Location	Item	Orange	Yellow	Green	Grey	Detail
Ghostlands	[Burial Chest]	1	30	55	?	Amani Catacombs
Ghostlands	[Primitive Chest]	20	30	55	> 110	Zeb'Nowa and Zeb'Tela
Redridge Mountains	[Practice Lockboxes]	1	30	55	100	Alther's Mill
The Barrens	[Buccaneer's Strongbox]	1	30	55	105	Ship off Merchant Coast
The Barrens	[The Jewel of the Southsea]	25	<82	75	125	Ship off Merchant Coast
Redridge Mountains	[Waterlogged Footlocker]	70	95	120	150	Lake Everstill
Ashenvale Forest	[Waterlogged Footlocker]	70	95	120	150	Zoram Strand
Wetlands	[Battered Footlocker]	70	<100	120	>160	Bluegill Marsh
Hillsbrad Foothills	[Battered Footlocker]	110	135	160	175	Durnholde Keep (Lower Level)
Hillsbrad Foothills	[Battered Footlocker]	110	135	160	200?	Durnholde Keep (Upper Level)
Stonetalon Mountains	[Battered Footlocker]	110	135	160	>195	Windshear Mine
Wetlands	[Battered Footlocker]	70	95	120	170	Outside of Murloc camps
Wetlands	[Battered Footlocker]	110	135	160	<205	In Murloc camps
Desolace	[Waterlogged Footlocker]	150	175	200	>225	Sar'theris Strand
Desolace	[Mossy Footlocker]	175	200	225	250	Sar'theris Strand [35, 13]
Badlands	[Dented Footlocker]	175	200	225	>250	Angor Fortress - Downstairs
Swamp of Sorrows	[Mossy Footlocker]	175	200	225	>255	Pool of Tears
Searing Gorge	[Dented Footlocker]	200	225	250	300	The Slag Pit - Lower Quarry Area
Searing Gorge	[Dented Footlocker]	225	250	275	>300	The Slag Pit - Upper Barracks Area
Tanaris Desert	[Dented Footlocker]	225	250	275	>305	Lost Rigger Cove
Azshara	[Mossy Footlocker]	225	250	?	?	Bay of Storms
Eastern Plaguelands	[Scarlet Footlocker]	250	275	300	?	Tyr's Hand
Zangarmarsh	[Wicker Chest]	300	325	350+	400	Feralfen Village
Nagrand	[Dented Footlocker]	325 - 350				Kil'sorrow Fortress

Typically, unguarded footlockers have a lower skill range than guarded ones. When lockpicking, nearby mobs may also become hostile when they are otherwise outside your aggro range.

Locked chests

Common Loot-containing locked chests

Name	Orange	Yellow	Green	Grey	Location(s)
[Large Iron Bound Chest]	25	?	?	?	Blackfathom Deeps, Gnomeregan, Razorfen Downs, Razorfen Kraul, Scarlet Monastery, Shadowfang Keep and The Stockade
[Large Mithril Bound Chest]	175	?	?	?	Uldaman
[Large Mithril Bound Chest]	250	?	?	?	Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul and Stratholme
[Bound Fel Iron Chest]	300	?	?	?	Hellfire Ramparts, Mana-Tombs, The Blood Furnace, The Slave Pens and The Underbog
[Bound Adamantite Chest]	325	?	?	?	Auchenai Crypts, Hellfire Ramparts, Mana-Tombs, Sethekk Halls, Shadow Labyrinth, The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Mechanar, The Shattered Halls, The Slave Pens, The Steamvault and The Underbog
[Bound Adamantite Chest]	350	?	?	?	Hellfire Ramparts, The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Mechanar, The Shattered Halls, The Slave Pens, The Steamvault and The Underbog

Doors

Doors

Location	Door	Orange	Yellow	Green	Grey	Note
The Deadmines	Gate	1	?	?	?	Can also be opened with  [Defias Gunpowder]
Gnomeregan	Workshop Door	150	175	?	?	Can also be opened with  [Workshop Key]
Scarlet Monastery	Armory and Cathedral Doors	175	200	225	275	Can also be opened with Scarlet Key
Searing Gorge	Searing Gorge Gate	225	250	275	?	Can also be opened with  [Key to Searing Gorge]
Blackrock Depths	East Garrison Door	250	275	300	?	Can also be opened with  [Shadowforge Key]
Blackrock Depths	Prison Cells	?	250	300	?	Can also be opened with  [Prison Cell Key]
Blackrock Depths	Shadowforge Gates	250	275	300	?	Can also be opened with  [Shadowforge Key]
Blackrock Depths	Shadowforge Mechanism	250	275	300	?	Can also be opened with  [Shadowforge Key]
Scholomance	Scholomance Door	280	323-336	341	?	Can also be opened with Skeleton Key
Stratholme	Stratholme Gates	300	?	?-334	?	Can also be opened with  [Key to the City]
Dire Maul	Crescent Door	300	?	?-334	?	Can also be opened with  [Crescent Key]
Shattered Halls	Shattered Halls Door	350	375	400	425	Can also be opened with  [Shattered Halls Key]
Shadow Labyrinth	Shadow Labyrinth Gate	350	?	?	?	Can also be opened with  [Shadow Labyrinth Key]
The Arcatraz	Arcatraz Door	350	?	?	?	Can also be opened with  [Key to the Arcatraz]
Karazhan	Karazhan Door	350	?	?	?	Can also be opened with  [The Master's Key]
Dalaran	Violet Hold Door	365	?	?	?	Can also be opened with  [The Violet Hold Key]

Tools

If a rogue is unavailable, there are several alternatives.

Locks can be opened by various Skeleton keys made by Blacksmiths. There are 6 types of skeleton keys, all of which can be learned from Blacksmithing trainers. Each recipe creates two keys, which are used up on a successful pick.

Additionally Engineers can use Seaforium Charges to open locked doors and chests.

In the early closed beta, mages had a spell called [Khadgar's Unlocking] which could unlock lockboxes and doors by consuming a reagent, but this spell was removed in Patch 0.9.

Source	Item	Unlocks
Blacksmithing	[Silver Skeleton Key]	25
	[Golden Skeleton Key]	125
	[Truesilver Skeleton Key]	200
	[Arcanite Skeleton Key]	300
	[Cobalt Skeleton Key]	375
	[Titanium Skeleton Key]	430
Engineering	[Small Seaforium Charge]	150
	[Large Seaforium Charge]	250
	[Powerful Seaforium Charge]	300
	[Elemental Seaforium Charge]	350

Etiquette

When approaching rogues to get an item unlocked, keep the following in mind:

• You should only open a trade window with a rogue if they are publicly advertising their lockpicking services or you have already asked them in a whisper. It is not acceptable to simply open a trade with a random rogue in the hope they will open your item, as they may be busy with auctions or mail, and your trade request could disrupt them.
• Even if a rogue offers their services for "free," they may still expect a tip. There are no set guidelines for what constitutes an acceptable tip. Tips may vary depending on the type of lockbox, the number of boxes needing to be unlocked, the value of the items found inside the lockbox, the wealth of the tipper, or other factors. Most rogues would probably consider a tip between 1 and 5 per box acceptable—but again, it varies.
• If you have only one or two lockboxes, put them in the "Will not be traded" slot of the trade window. Otherwise, you can trade your boxes to the rogue in bulk and they can unlock them from their inventory, then trade them back to you.
• Try asking friends and guildmates before asking strangers. You are more likely to get it opened and more likely to get it done for free.