Well i'm in the schoolhouse and found the safe but I can't open it up. That lady gave me items to open it up but I don't know how to use them on this. I hit x and nothing happens. (playing the Playstation 3 version here)


plz help someone and thanks!

You activate the safe (not sure what button it is on the PS3, it's the same one you use to talk to people and stuff) and the lockpicking minigame should show up. Place the bobby pin wherever you think the right spot is, and then turn the lock with the screw. The farther you can turn it, the closer you are to the right spot.

The magazine she gave you is to raise your lockpicking skill, just in case it's too low to interact with the safe.

Seeing this thread and your previous one, you're quite new to Fallout. Regardless:

In order to open the safe, you need to have the required skill to even attempt to lockpick it. Since the lock is classified as 'Easy', then that means you need to have a skill of 25 in order to get a shot at lockpicking. The magazine she gives you can help you by temporarily giving you 10 skill points in lockpick if you don't have enough points to meet 25.

Alternatively, there's also a computer nearby that you can hack to open the safe. Instead of lockpick, you need a science skill of 25 in order to attempt to hack it.

Oh, and two things about lockpicking:

1) Don't force lock it.
2) When attempting to lockpick, just feather the pick in. If it gets stuck, try moving it around.

ok I found out what to do. I did it. Thanks

Reading the game manual wouldn't be a tad bit easier/quicker? lol???