Where Are The BFA Lockboxes?

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I can make Monelite Skeleton Keys on my Pally that has Blacksmithing but I have yet to see a lock box that requires a key.

Anyone seen any Lockboxes in BFA that this key could be used on?

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No, you can use them on the gates in Tol Dagor if you don’t have a rouge though.

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I believe lock boxes are found by the Rogues when they pickpocket humanoids out in the world.

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Man, Only one use; Professions don’t have much value anymore.

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There is a locked treasure chest in drustvar I use the inscription lock pick to open instead of crashing the stag in a guy to get the key

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I’ll have to look that up and also see if there are more hidden locked boxes in various places.

Thanks!

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This is incorrect.

While some mobs have dropped locked chests in the past through pickpocketing, most lock boxes drop off random mobs.

Lockboxes were eliminated at the beginning of legion and brought back mid expansion after Blizzard realized that the majority of rogues were leveled up for the main purpose of opening lockboxes.

Legion lockboxes most often held a sum of gold (30-55 gold) and a BoE green.

If lockboxes are not dropping off random mobs in BfA, it’s because whoever is in charge of the loot table decided to eliminate them.

Maybe they thought they were too much fun.

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I don’t remember seeing a lockbox in bfa yet.

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One of my profession slots is disenchanting, except when I’m running Tol Dagor, then it’s inscription (which also lets you open the locks at level 1). It’s pretty great.

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You know it doesn’t make sense for a Blacksmith to be able to craft keys and inscribers their way in BFA for the sole purpose of opening one dungeon; Sounds like their intent was to have them do more but time was running out thus we ended up with this half baked BFA expansion.

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Odd. I hadn’t even realized it until you posted this. Not one lock box out of all the mobs killed in BfA. Just one more item removed for no good reason.

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Half baked expansion is correct. I don’t know why there great systems in place already but when a new expac is out they don’t even use them or add them in later on. Or they gut the system making it pretty well useless.

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ahem I already see enough lockboxes on Lockbox Online …excuse me, Star Trek Online.

I don’t need to see them here.

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I haven’t seen a single lock box in BfA. I think they forgot to put them in. Not surprised honestly considering what a train wreck this expansion has been so far.

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I will admit that I read that as “Where are the BFA lootboxes” and I prepared a whole rant in my head before I reread the post…

IIRC correctly, those keys can be used on anything that rogues can pick.

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The keys can’t pick pockets like rogues can.
I have the plans for all the other xpacs which have lockboxes that they can open but the keys in BFA have only 2 things that they can open that has been reported in this thread so far.

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Was thinking about this the other day, I made scrolls of unlocking only to realise “Wait… what do I use these on?”

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There are many things in this expansion that make no sense.

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Can confirm my rogue has yet to find any lockboxes in BFA content

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Come to think of it, I have not seen any locked boxes in BfA from normal loot, treasure chest, or fishing. Also, on Wowhead the locked boxes do not show up on the Rogue’s lock lockpicking item list.

h ttps://www.wowhead.com/pickpocketing-guide#battle-for-azeroth

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