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Thief achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Thief

Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets

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3 guidesOffline Mode - These achievements require play in game modes that do not necessitate a connection to any online services.Single Player - These achievements can be obtained by a single player.Cumulative + - These achievements are obtained by repeatedly performing the same action or set of actions over time.
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  • samsaBEARsamsaBEAR
    17 Dec 2016 17 Dec 2016
    38 0 2
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    For the Pickpocketing part make sure you only take one item at a time, and Quicksave after each successful attempt. If you take everything the person has at the same time it only counts as one pocket, but if you back out, save and then go back in it'll count that as a new pocket picked. I got my 50 pockets with only three or four people, the best thing to do is fast travel to a town, wait till night and get them while they sleep.

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    Fenom007A very good way to do it while leveling up is to spend some gold at a trainer and instantly pickpocket it back.
    Posted by Fenom007 on 30 Oct 17 at 00:00
    WerewolfsTruthDoes the lockpicking and pickpocket need to be done on the same character? i know for a fact that i have one character with over 200 lockpicks and then i have another character with over 150 pickpockets.
    Posted by WerewolfsTruth on 07 Feb 23 at 22:23

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  • Yage Hells szYage Hells sz
    05 Nov 2016 11 Nov 2016 02 Nov 2017
    39 11 5
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    This achievement can be obtained early in the game. You just need to unlock 50 doors or chests and pick 50 pockets.

    Make sure you're always hidden when attempting to lockpick/pickpocket.

    You can always save the game behind a NPC (or next to a locked door/chest) before trying to steal something. If caught, reload the save and try again. (This does not work if the item has a 0% chance of being stolen)

    A tip to speed up the process is waiting for the night then try to enter the house of the residents and save before each attempt to pickpocket.

    If like me you have a thief build, be sure to spend some points in the thief tree. Points in the sneak tree are welcome too.

    Select the thief standing stone for that extra help.

    Remember that the more expensive the item to be stolen is, more XP you will earn. So always try to steal expensive items. If caught load your previous save.

    Fenom007: "A very good way to do it while leveling up is to spend some gold at a trainer and instantly pickpocket it back."

    You can track your progress in the general stats menu.

    Be sure to read the comments for extra tips
    Comment if you have any tips.
    Goog Luck.
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    Yage Hells szAdded, thank you.
    Posted by Yage Hells sz on 02 Nov 17 at 19:33
    UltraAmbiguousInstead of stealing, I put stuff into their inventory, such as, ingredients, potions, and food. I gave Jorf (sits on the dock outside Solitude) five potions at once and it counted as five separate pick pockets. When I attempted to give him jewelry, though, he instantly attacked me.

    Any of the followers that hang out in the taverns are there most of the day (if not all day), in a corner which makes it easy to hide, and none of them reacted to my any of my attempts.
    Posted by UltraAmbiguous on 24 Feb 18 at 14:56
    RandomGaveUpCan confirm UltraAmbiguous' method works, I gave one guy all the keys I had collected throughout the game in one go and it counted each key as a pocket and pinged instantly!
    Posted by RandomGaveUp on 29 Sep 20 at 17:28
  • xXx LilBrad xXxxXx LilBrad xXx
    13 Mar 2018 19 Mar 2018
    12 1 6
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    Pickpocket was the hardest one for me but I found an easy solution and that is to get arrested in riften break out kill the three guards in jail and collect your belongings and in the cell across from yours is a black-brier give him all your stuff except your gold because you will have a big chance to never get that back and just keep taking all your stuff back off him I got the achievement after doing this for about 2 minutes
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    BIue CamYour solution is the best
    Posted by BIue Cam on 26 Jan 22 at 05:54
    UGotta Check ItA small edit for anyone who's a little farther in the game or doesn't want to do so much risking it. You can bribe/persuade your way in to the jail and then just do the pickpocketing as well. I had a method.
    Place potion.
    Steal potion back.
    Quicksave.

    If you are high enough level or have skill points in the tree, you could risk more but I had literally 1 pocket picked.

    @thee masterDJ if you haven't figured out yet, you crouch into pickpocket mode and then you can see your items like when you sell items. Then what you select you can give to the person.
    Posted by UGotta Check It on 09 Mar 22 at 06:50
    SunoeBest solution so far! Thank you bro
    Posted by Sunoe on 26 Oct 23 at 06:54
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