Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Lock Picks

**SPOILER WARNING**

I've noticed some traffic from search engines for people looking for information on where to find lock picks in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion so here's some quick information. First, join the Thieves Guild. You can do this one of two ways. First, you can read the various Wanted posters posted around the Imperial City. After reading one, ask a beggar about The Grey Fox (you'll have to make it worth his while). This will let you know about a midnight meeting in the Waterfront District where you can inquire about joining the Thieves Guild. This is by far the safest way to join. The other way you can find out about this meeting is by getting arrested and spending a night in jail. After you are released from jail you will be visited by someone (I haven't gone this route so I don't know the name) when you sleep again who will tell you about the midnight meeting.

Once you've completed the Thieves Guild trial and made it into the Guild, you can buy lockpicks for 5 gold pieces each from Armand Cristophe, the Thief you met in the garden in the Waterfront District, and from the various fences, the first you have access to which is Ongar in Bruma.

The other way of finding lock picks which is more random, is by adventuring in some ruins/dungeons as you often find lock picks as loot on the many enemies you can kill. Surprisingly, I've even found a lock pick on a Rat. Bandits almost always seem to have lock picks on them as well. Get as many as you can as they break often.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Adventures

So I've played a little bit more of the game, and I am really starting to enjoy it. I also wish that I had a more powerful machine as this game can look REALLY impressive in some areas. I have an Alienware P4 3.2 Ghz w/ 1 GB of ram and an ATI 9800 video card. Far from a slouch, but it's far from able to render this game in full detail in the outdoor areas. I'll be satisfied to play that game at 1024 x 768 with some of the details turned down so I can enjoy the absolutely huge and engrossing game world and story line.

Just this morning, I played for about 30 minutes and branched off from the main story now that Martin is safe in the Cloud Ruler Temple. I walked around the Imperial City a bit in the Elven District poking around in some shops and breaking into a few houses stealing a little bit of loot. I leveled up to level two after my battles in Oblivion and Kvatch after finding the Inn and getting some rest. Then, I bumped into a guard and he could tell I had been stealing (how?) and I had to pay a fine and hand over all my contraband.

Now realizing I have no more lock picks and wasn't doing a good job anyway, I ventured back along the path between Weynon Priory and Kvatch, which I had ridden rather than used fast travel and I had come across an old Fort that had a dungeon in it. So that's where I am now adventuring and will update you on my progress and what I find, if anything interesting.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion First Impressions

This weekend I picked up a copy of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and gave it a try. I loved how in depth and involved Morrowind was (although I never finished it or even got close to finishing it) so I thought this game would be that much and more. One of the big parts of Morrowind that I did not like was the alien environments. It was fairly cool and made you feel like you were in an alien world, but I like more believable environments so Oblivion really looked appealing to me.

So far, I've probably played only about 3 hours (having a 7 month old son I'm surprised I was able to play that much!) and once I got past the strange new console-focused interface, I love the game and the story. It really pulls you in and gives you the feeling that you are in a living and breathing world. So far, I followed the main story line bringing the Amulet of Kings to the monk at Weynon Priory and then went looking for the King's lost son, Martin, who I saved after closing the first gate to Oblivion. So far, it has been a bit difficult in some battles, but after I got the hang of dodging the fireballs and sneaking up so enemies don't see me and nailing them with a well placed arrow for 3 times the damage, I survived quite easily. I am playing a Wood Elf (as I always tend to) thief/ranger hybrid. I have healing spells and will be good with a bow, but you can't trust me or I'll rob you blind (at least that's the way I intend to play).

So far, I've stuck to the main story line, but now that Martin is safe and I'm in the Imperial City, I think I will branch off from the storyline and find my own things to do. Rather than using the fast travel option, I chose to walk/ride my way from Weynon Priory to Kvatch and found a bunch of interesting places along the way that I will definitely go back and check out. I am really excited to dig deeper into this game, but am also worried about the amount of time it's going to steal from me!
Anyway, I highly recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of Role Playing Games and/or the original Morrowind games. Purchase Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion at Amazon.com today.

Also, I highly recommend the Elder Scrolls IV Strategy Guide for this game as the world is literally huge and there will be lots of areas that you will miss without the guide.