Unlocking Starfield‘s Rarest Treasures: The Definitive Guide to Mastering Security & Lockpicking
As a grizzled Starfield explorer having uncovered legendary artifacts from long-lost alien vaults and seized entire armories of exotic weapons from pirate kingpins, I cannot overstate the game-changing power of mastering the Security skill and dominating lockpicking.
While many naively overlook investing in this crucial area, doing so locks you out of Starfield’s most valuable loot piles. But devote the time now to relentlessly honing your lockpicking abilities, and scarcely anything remains beyond your reach.
Here is the definitive blueprint to efficiently maximize your Security expertise, unveil hidden riches, and cement your place among Starfield’s pantheon of great heroes.
An Obsessive Adoration for Cracking Locks
Before digging deeper into optimization strategies, let me briefly explain my lifelong fixation with unlocking restricted areas and containers across countless RPGs. Ever since my humble beginnings trying every key on every door in early Elder Scrolls games, through defeating elaborate contraption puzzles in Fallout bunkers, I’ve always viewed impenetrable locks as personal challenges needing solving.
The thrill of hearing that relieving click after meticulously deducing the solution or employing edge-of-your-seat trial and error persists as the ultimate gameplay satisfaction. And what awaits behind that newly breached entrance could be anything–untold fortunes, world-ending superweapons, pizza. This mystique and sense of danger inexorably compels me towards that next unopened chest, the contents of which surely hold the keys to ultimate power!
…Ahem. Now let’s get back to calmly maximizing Security in Starfield. First up…
Picking Starfield‘s Locks: Basic Rules and Interface
As mentioned in my introductory post, Starfield handles lockpicking via a concentric circle minigame. The objective is positioning the correct key into each ring’s notches without using up too many attempts. The interface displays relevant data:
| Lock Difficulty | Digipick Uses Remaining | Security Skill Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Novice – Master | Single digits to 20+ | Current progress level |
You cycle between available key options using controller bumpers. Carefully study each key’s notch patterns before inserting into any ring. The subtle clues are there if you peer close enough!
Now let’s overview optimal strategies for tackling locks at any phase of expertise development…
Step 1: Spam Novice Locks for Quick Ranks
When first embarking on this skill tree, lavish attention on the simplest locks present all around starter locations. These contain measly junk but provide easy difficulty checks, guaranteeing success. Each one picked grants a small Security XP bump, rapidly accumulating.
Use this lockpicking XP table I’ve assembled as a guideline for measuring progress:
| Security Rank | Lockpicks Needed For Next Rank |
|---|---|
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 53 |
| 7 | 81 |
| 8 | 108 |
| 9 | 153 |
| 10 | 340 |
So pick around 14 novice locks and you’ll jump to rank 2. While individual gains are tiny, repetition develops instinctual skills laying the foundations for pursuing deadlier locks.
Pro Tip: Upon hitting higher ranks, occasionally revisit previous locations with lower tier locks like The First Flight quest ship. Their simplicity offers easy renewal pick practice between challenging new targets.
Step 2: Embrace the Security Skill Tree
Beyond accumulating raw field experience, dedicating perk points into Security’s associated skill tree critically boosts effectiveness. Consider it thedifference between fumbling in darkness versus operating with night vision goggles.
These upgrade options increase auto-pick assists, reduce digipick wear, quick hack doors, and improve loot detection. I cannot stress enough how essentiall layering these passive bonuses makes late-game thievery feats achievable, separating pretenders from masters.
Pro Tip: Initially balance perk investments between Security and either Engineering or Science for maximizing hacking potential. Later respect towards more combat and piloting oriented development.
Step 3: Master Lockpicking Methodology
Once you’ve broken the first 10-15 novice locks and purchased some perks, shift focus towards honing technical prowess on more complex locks through these methods:
• Probe advanced locks but cautiously fall back if using too many attempts, saving them for later skill levels
• Frequently quicksave before picks so you can reload and retry after failures
• Use computer consoles found near doors to view lock schemas and vulnerabilities
• Prioritize keys with the most etched ridges on trickier central rings
• Note vaults or bunkers too impenetrable for now and revisit post further progress
• Always maintain at least 5-7 digipicks to conserve durability via reuse
Follow this ideology, and you’ll systematically conquer locks once deemed impossible through patience and digital intuition.
Step 4: Embrace Destiny by Opening Legendary Chests
The cosmos‘ rarest treasures await discovery by you, bold Security savant. Through heartbreak and triumph, you‘ve honed talents to their sharpest. Now destiny calls as you narrow down coordinates for mythical prize chambers spoken of only in hushed whispers across the planets.
What forgotten riches or weapons of unimaginable might lie just one unbreachable lock away? Your skills now enable confronting that question directly. Insert your master digipick into the final tumbler, take a breath, turn the handle pulled by fate itself…
The Interior Benefits to Unlocking Every Lock
While external rewards motivate this pursuit, the journey also changes your interior character in profound ways. First, the mentality needed for solving convoluted puzzles frequently applies improving logic, reasoning, and visual spatial skills. The sense of accomplishment in turn builds confidence to try previously unimaginable feats.
But most importantly, each unlocked box strengthens patience and erodes anxiety when faced with seemingly impossible situations. This mental composure proves invaluable when applied to real world challenges. Now doors once appearing permanently closed transform into inviting opportunities.
So in conquering Starfield’s vast seas of locks, you may discover far greater treasures within along the way.
Risk vs Reward: Beware Deadly Traps
However, in following my guidance to become an elite thief by brazenly infiltrating every locked bunker and crypt, one can sometimes bite off more than they can chew if unprepared for lethal safeguards.
While any veteran marauder laughs in the face of basic poison needle or flame jet booby traps, enterprising pirates and defense forces have created devices to give even MY jaded skin pause. We’re talking force fields that reduce you to atoms, rampant AI viruses uploaded into your brain, or portals directly to Hell Dimension X.
So while I encourage pushing limits, remember any lock, no matter how enticing, CAN be revisited later once you acquire better gear and courage. Loot’s no fun if you’re dead!
In Closing: A Final Master Key for New Legends
I hope you‘ve found wisdom and inspiration from my decades of experience in these talents. When beginning, the sheer breadth of locks and wealth they protect can feel bewildering. But through steady persistence, mentorship, and accumulating technical excellence, soon you’re the one hiding priceless treasures behind uncrackable puzzles!
Now boldly venture forth towards your destiny as this new era‘s lockpicking legend. But heed caution as well by carefully calculating risks and recognizing the best trophies often hide behind benign exteriors. See you amongst the stars!
Sincerely,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Space Scoundrel
P.S. Please forward 10,000,000 credits for my counseling services to the following anonymous Quanta account…