Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Is there a point to opening a chest with thievery?

Compared to just attacking it and breaking it for the loot inside?

I've never tested if it truly affects the contents of what's inside, but anecdotal preliminary results suggest that it doesn't impact it. The only thing I know for sure is, that using your weapon, if it has durability, will take a lot of damage fast. I think it's 1 swing equals to 1 durability loss. Most weapons only have 20 durability I think, so yeah... Weapon longevity is the only real concern.

I may very well be wrong. Someone please correct my findings if this is the case.

the only reason i unlock chests is lucky charm

also, some rare chests cannot be broken

And you don't use durability, if you use weapon skills instead of regular attacks (e.g. warfare skills or "all-in" from a twohander)

Pretty much only because it's faster and because of Lucky Charm. Thievery on Fane (or any Undead) is pretty useful throughout the game anyway simply for the stealing aspect, so why wouldn't you want it?

Unless you're only opening chests that are deep in a dungeon, it can't be for "RP" reasons and not wanting to steal. It's still stealing even when you take from containers that don't have the red theft icon above them, unless you really believe people are really so charitable that they intentionally leave their food, gold, gems, weapons, armors and spell books in containers for anyone in need to grab.