Thief/Safecracking 101
Safecracking
Safecracking is an interesting hobby, and the purview of the safecrackers specilisation. The crack command is only available to thieves who have 90+ levels of covert.lockpick.safes. A set of cracking tools is needed to crack a safe. Other tools may also be required. There are different types of safes out there and they are generally hidden. Ankh-Morpork is unique in the fact that many of them are not hidden at all.
Some of the tools required include: a small mirror, drill, rubber gloves. crowbar, and a hefty hammer.
The tumbler dial safe is one of the hardest puzzle types. Many people get stuck because they aren't correctly visualizing the device. It's essentially a master lock except with 100 ticks instead of 40. The key thing is, suppose the dial is at the number 5, and you turn the dial 1 degree clockwise -- what number is the dial at now?
Anyway, here is a set of aliases that can help to crack a tumbler dial safe.
alias dc: turn dial clockwise to
alias dcc: turn dial anticlockwise to
alias dtest: dc 0;frimble Tumbler Safe Cracking;dcc 20;dcc 40;frimble 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;dcc 60;dcc 80;dcc 0
alias dtry: dc $1$;dcc $2$;dc $3$;dcc $1$;dc $2$;dcc $3$;dc $1$;dcc $3$;dc $2$;dcc $1$;dc $3$;dcc $2$;dc $1$;open safe
The following is a list of known safe locations. Only general locations are provided, not specific instructions. It may still be difficult to locate the actual safe.
The covert.lockpick.safes bonus required to crack the safe is also given, if known. Note: in some cases, this is not the only skill required!
Lastly, it's a certainty that many safes have not yet been discovered. If you believe you've found one that is unrecorded, please contribute!
Location | Region | Type | Bonus | Contents |
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Guild of Embalmers | DJB | item: drill | low | |
Foreign Ambassador | DJB | combination | 300 | |
House in East DJB | DJB | item: fire | 300 | |
Fez Club | DJB | item: hammer | 380 | |
Embassy | DJB | tumbler | stuff | |
Mansion | DJB | combination | 380 | sapphire-hilted sword |
Citadel | Ephebe | combination | 30 $ | |
Foreign legion | Klatch | tumbler | low | |
All Jolsons | AM | item: gloves | low | |
Pseudopolis watch house (first floor) | AM | item: mirror | low | |
Pseudopolis watch house (second floor) | AM | panel | 55 $ | |
Store on Grunefair | AM | item: drill | low | |
Bruno's house | AM | item: mirror | low | |
Patrician's Palace | AM | item: gloves | low | |
Patrician's Palace | AM | item: drill | low | |
Wine warehouse | AM | item: drill | low | |
House near Myrtle St | AM | item: fire | low | |
Milords & Miladies | AM | item: hammer | 250 | |
Haunted Mansion | AM | item: drill | 320 | |
Map shop | AM | panel | 30 $ | |
Banker's Guild | AM | combination | 345 | 84 $ |
Money changer | AM | tumbler | 350 | |
Apex Club | AM | item: gloves | 386 | stuff |
AM Council | AM | tumbler | 425 | 40 $ |
Art museum | AM | tumbler | 450 | stuff |
Shipwreck | AM | item: gloves | 20 $ | |
Place on Hill Street | Sto Lat | item: fire | low | |
Place on Park Lane | Sto Lat | item: crowbar | low | |
Store on Queen's Road | Sto Lat | item: drill | low | 20 $ |
Jewellery store | Sto Lat | panel | 350 | |
Thieves Guild | Ramtops | item: crowbar | low | |
Store in Bad Ass | Ramtops | item: mirror | low | |
Drink spot in Ohulan Cutash | Ramtops | item: mirror | low | |
Captain's treasure | Ramtops | panel | >300 | stuff |
House in Lancre | Ramtops | tumbler | 385 | 10 LC |
Lodge in Lancre | Ramtops | item: hammer | ||
Escrow town hall | Uberwald | combination | 430 | stuff |
Cat's tail | BP | item: mirror | low | |
Intruders | BP | item: drill | low | |
Real estate office | BP | item: mirror | low | boxing ring |
Sake shop | BP | combination | low (req. some ad.pe) | stuff |
A pagoda | BP | tumbler | 300 | |
House in Hong Fa | BP | panel | >300 | 45 rh |
Cafe in Shoo-Li | BP | tumbler | 330 (req. rope climbing) | |
A restaurant | BP | panel | 340 (req. tree climbing) | 50 rh |
Store on Long Street | BP | combination | <350 (req. rock climbing) | 63 rh |
Store on Sion Street | BP | tumbler | 380 | 39 rh |
First Imperial Bank | BP | combination | 450 (req. many other skills) | steel shoto |
Clacks Tower | Genua | panel | low | |
Library | Genua | panel | stuff | |
General's safe | Genua | panel | ||
House money | Genua | tumbler | 450 | 1 Gd |
Horse money | Genua | item: drill |