Star Wars Outlaws easy lockpicking guide

How to easily pick a lock in Star Wars Outlaws
Lockpicking
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If you’re going to stealthy infiltrate a place, you need to know how to pick a lock, even when the locks are computerized space-age systems. In the Star Wars universe, you won’t be wiggling a metal stick in a keyhole, instead, you need to find your inner rhythm to get through any locked doors in your path.

We’ll explain how lockpicking works in Star Wars Outlaws, so you can infiltrate anywhere easily.

How to lockpick in Star Wars Outlaws

Star Wars Outlaws Lockpicking tutorial
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When you interact with a lock, watch the yellow circle on the right-hand side. It will flash and beep two to four times in a rhythm. You need to press the button on-beat for each flash in the sequence to unlock the door. You’ll know you hit one right when the blue light below the yellow one also flashes, but you need to do the whole sequence in one go to unlock the door.

If you’re struggling with this, then you can open the help menu by following the prompt at the bottom of the screen. There you’ll find another prompt that turns on a help mode, which will give you a visual indication of when to press in the center of the lock, making it much easier to time your presses. If that’s still too difficult, then there is a setting to make it easier in the options menu.


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RYAN WOODROW

Ryan Woodrow is Guides Editor for GLHF based in London, England. He has a particular love for JRPGs and the stories they tell. His all-time favorite JRPGs are the Xenoblade Chronicles games because of the highly emotive and philosophy-driven stories that hold great meaning. Other JRPGs he loves in the genre are Persona 5 Royal, Octopath Traveler, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Nier Automata, and Pokémon. He also regularly dives deep into the indie scene trying to find hidden gems and innovative ideas. Some of his favorite indie games include FTL: Faster Than Light, Thomas Was Alone, Moonlighter, Phantom Abyss, and Towerfall Ascension. More of his favorite games are Minecraft, Super Mario Odyssey, Stardew Valley, Skyrim, and XCOM 2. He has a first-class degree in Games Studies from Staffordshire University and has written for several sites such as USA Today's ForTheWin, Game Rant, The Sun, and KeenGamer. Email: ryan.woodrow@glhf.gg