Sometimes, when exploring, you’ll come across a safe or other locked container in7 Days To Die. You can break it open without destroying the container and losing all its loot, but this takes a long time, especially with lower-tier tools. If you find one, you’re better off using Lockpicks to open it up.

While you’re able to occasionally find Lockpicks in lootables like sports bags and purses, you can end up quickly burning through them trying to unlock something, even with investments in the Lockpicking skill. We’ll tell you how to craft them, and what you can use them to unlock.

Player character using a Wrench to break down and harvest parts from a broken car in 7 Days To Die.

How To Craft Lockpicks

Tocraft Lockpicksand keep a good supply of them on hand, you’ll need tohave access to both a Forgeanda Workbenchfor the crafting itself and to haveread at least 15 Forge Ahead magazinesto unlock the recipe for Lockpicks.

Lockpicks can bemade at the Workbenchin theTools tab, and each one you craft takesone Forged Ironandone Mechanical Parts. Forged Iron can belooted fromthings likeWorking Stiff boxes, but it’seasiest to make ityourself in a Forge with12 smelted Iron and six smelted Clay.

Player character using a Lockpick to break into a wall safe in a building in 7 Days To Die.

You can also occasionally find Lockpicks, as well as Forged Iron and Mechanical Parts,for sale at a trader, usually at later-game ones like Jen, Bob, or Hugh.

For Mechanical Parts, you caneasily obtainthem bybreaking down carsandmechanical items with a Wrenchor finding them occasionally inlootables like toolboxesanddestroyed Workbenches.

How To Use Lockpicks

Lockpicks areused exclusivelyto unlock speciallocked lootable containers, and can’t be used to unlock any type of locked door. Some of thelootables they can be used oninclude:

When you get aprompt to unlock the containerafter approaching it,pressInteracton the locked containerif you haveLockpicks in your inventory.

You willbegin picking the lock, which willtake 19.2 secondswithout any investmentin theLock Pickingskill. If you invest in the Lock Picking skill, you candrastically reduce the time spentlockpicking:

Level 3

7.4 Seconds

Investing in the Lock Picking skill alsoreduces the chances that your Lockpicks will breakby ten percent at each level.

During the process, youhave to stay stillas thetimer goes downuntil youcomplete the lockpicking or your lockpick breaks.

If thelockpick does breakor anenemy interrupts you, the process will halt, and yourprogress will resetbyaroundthree to four seconds, depending on the time you had left, but you canimmediately start againwith another.

If you run out of lockpicks while trying to break into a locked container, you canjust break open the container with a tool, but this takes a very long time and will potentially draw zombies.