Apologies if some aspects of this tutorial are hard to understand the lockpicking system in this game is rather advanced.
The elder scrolls 4 oblivion how to pick locks. Step 1 find shady sam by the north wall of the imperial city. Without a lockpick even the lowest level locks will require magic or a key to open. Lockpicking is one of the minigames that can be played in order to accomplish a simple task in the elder scrolls iv. Welcome to my lockpicking tutorial for the elder scrolls iv oblivion.
He sells the lockpicks for about 6 gold a piece. Move the lockpick with the mouse click on a tumbler then click the mouse button again before it reaches the top of the lock to latch it into place. If the lock is easy you ll hear it right away but if it is a tougher lock you may. Lockpicking can be accomplished by chance or manually.
Oblivion all locks have up to five tumblers that must be set in the up position. It s easy all you have to do is push the tumblers up and if you hear a small squeaking sound press a.