I'm in Auldale and am trying to progress with the side quest in which you need to get into Fogerty's goldsmiths. I've dispatched jimmy the Knife, Fogerty has removed the wooden planks which were barring his shop door and has left an "open for business" note outside the shop. I've tried to lockpick the front entrance but to no avail. I can manage the first stage with no problem on but the second stage I just can't find the sweet spot no matter what I try (holding down two keys, moving the mouse around).

I have exactly the same problem when I enter Fogerty's (?) via the secret tunnel. There are two doors in there and one chest. All these locks fail in exactly the same way : the first stage is not a problem but the second stage - no sweet spot !

It's "only" a side quest, so hopefully I can complete the game, or might there be future locks which can't be picked ?

I've googled this problem and just one guy had posted about it but the solution which he was given was to enter via the secret tunnel, which I've done but still no cigar... Most people seemed to have open the locks without much problem....very strange !

Can you upload a save near one of the locks you can't pick?

To be honest I would not know how to do that, unless you told me how to do it - not computer savvy enough unfortunately !

I have picked up from posts on the net that these locks are the hardest to pick in the game, but I feel I have tried everything, to no avail. I will have another go later and then abandon the side quest if necessary. There is one other post on the internet which refers to this problem but the solutions given there don't work for me, and I'm not sure if they worked for the poster either. I've thoroughly enjoyed this game, too - definitely a worthy sequel to 1 and 2 imo - but I haven't played the game for over a week now because I am reluctant to continue without completing this side quest and am also worried that I might have similar problems later in the game.

Hi there .o/

Saw your thread, and so I just made a video where I pick that lock, hope it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmwrm-TQk8

Though it's on the same day where Fogerty and Jimmy the Knife are having that discussion and the bars aren't removed yet, I guess the way the lock works shouldn't change from one day to the next.

Thanks Constance, I'll have a look at your video since you went to the trouble of making it, but I'm pleased to say that I have now managed to pick the lock to Fogerty's. What threw me was that all the other locks up to this point had been unlockable by using the directional keys (W, S, A, D), whereas the lock to Fogerty's (and the others inside the shop) require you NOT to use the directional keys at all, but only to move your mouse. It was a big relief when I finally did it - I was thinking my game was bugged and that progress might be impossible. Auldale is quite easily the most confusing place in the game so far. Thanks again.