If you do this too fast and you’re not in the sweet spot, you’ll break your bobby pin, and if you run out of bobby pins in Fallout 76, you won’t be able to pick locks until you get any more.

Lockpicking in Fallout 76 is harder because bobby pins are less plentiful and, some feel, more prone to breaking. A very light touch on the right analog stick as you work the lock will be necessary.

Picking locks in Fallout 76 requires players to first acquire the Picklock perk card, and then get their hands on some bobby pins.

To pick a lock with bobby pins, you’re going to need to make one into a rake and one into a tension rod. Unbend both bobby pins into a ninety-degree angle; you’re going to use the flat edge of ...

Keep in mind that picking a lock requires more than just having a bobby pin, your lock picking skill will need to at least match the level of the lock you wish to pick.

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This helps to keep the lock under a constant amount of tension as each pin is picked in succession. Although slow, this method seemed to work when moving the pick manually.

Instead of fiddling with bobby pins, the player simply pulls out a futuristic little scope and looks into the lock. They’ll find a series of rings, each with carefully spaced gaps.