Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Big Problem With Magic Lock Pick's??

OK, I went to see Finnigan and he asked me to get his magic lock picks and I did and they where In the Commanders desk, but when I give them to Finnigan there not in his invetory. I can't pick pocket them from him cause there not there and I don't have them anymore either. I checked the commanders desk again and there not there either?? Whats the deal? Thank you In advance.O, I tried drooping them and they just go poof, Gone, like they just fall through the floor? I have the patch too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

If you started the game before installing the latest patch, you can not buy back the magic lockpicks from Finnigan. In that case, simply leave the quest unsolved and keep them. If you give them to Finnigan or drop the lockpicks on the ground (they would not disappear if you had started the game after installing the patch), you can still get them back.

Lost Items - guide and directory of inventory files - The first mention of Finnigan's lockpicks refer to a different method, but with the latest patch this is the best procedure to use, and is described in a reply further down.

This isn't the case here, but if the lockpicks broke in an unpatched game due to a bug using the Lockpick skill with the magic lockpicks in your inventory, simply installing the patch will place them back into Commander Kratus' desk.

Thanx for the reply Raze, but I can't get them back even after I In-stalled the patch which was when I was still in the first town. What am I doing wrong here? I have actually dropped them on the ground and then went to the commaders office and there not there? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

Did you try the inventory file swap to get another set of magic lockpicks?

I'm not sure if it was a bug or by design that the magic lockpicks disappear when dropped on the ground (probably the former), but in a game started after installing the patch, they can be dropped and picked up again. The downloadable inventory files for the magic lockpicks are from a game started after installing the patch, so you can do the file swap (as described in the inventory files post) and safely drop them.

Installing or reinstalling the patch does not help if the lockpicks were lost due to dropping them on the ground, just if they were broken by using the Lockpick skill. Once the game is started, installing the patch does not update the lockpicks so they can be dropped, or change Finnigan's inventory and let him sell the returned lockpicks back to you, but it does prevent them from breaking.