Gothic Lockpicker
Stuck on a chest? Enter the lock's plates and connections and get the shortest step-by-step solution, with every pin aligned to slot 4. Free, no install, runs in your browser.
Open the solver ↓Just like in-game, the pins sit still on the golden line — it's the plates that slide. Click the hole each pin currently sits in and the plate glides into place. Slot 4 under the line is the goal.
The pins never move — the plates slide ▶ right and ◀ left. The lock opens when every plate's slot-4 hole rests under the golden line.
In-game, slide one plate so its pin lands on a lower slot number (the A or D key that does this) — on the board above that plate slides right (▶). Watch the others: mark whether each plate slides right (▶) or left (◀) with it. You only record the right slide; sliding left is its exact opposite.
| slide ▶ this plate others react → | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide P1 ▶ | ▶ | ||
| Slide P2 ▶ | ▶ | ||
| Slide P3 ▶ | ▶ |
The shortest sequence of moves to align every pin to slot 4.
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Open the chest in-game. Each plate has a pin somewhere between slot 1 and 7. Set each plate's current pin on the board above.
Slide one plate at a time in-game and watch the others. Record which plates slide right (▶) or left (◀) with it in the connection grid.
Reveal the solution and step through each move. Match the moves in-game until every pin rests on slot 4 and the lock opens.
New to the remake's lock puzzle? Read the full Gothic 1 Remake lockpicking guide to learn how the plates, pins, and connections work, or jump to tips & troubleshooting if a chest just won't open.
Enter your chest lock's current pin positions and the connections between plates (which plates slide along when you move another). The solver runs a breadth-first search to find the shortest sequence of moves that aligns every pin to slot 4.
In Gothic 1 Remake every pin must finish on the centre slot, slot 4 of 7. A pin is correct when it pops up instead of down. The solver always targets slot 4 for every plate.
In-game, slide one plate so its pin lands on a lower slot number (the A or D key that does this) and watch the others. Some plates slide along with it, in one direction or the other. Record each in the connection grid (▶ slides right, ◀ slides left). You only need to record that one direction; sliding the other way does the exact opposite.
Yes. You get free solution reveals every day, and you can watch a short ad to unlock more. There is no payment and no install. It runs entirely in your browser.
Yes, that's the whole puzzle. Sliding one plate can drag other plates left or right through its connections, changing which slot their pins sit in. Sliding it the other way does the exact opposite of every effect.
How the plate-and-pin lock works, start to finish.
Map connections faster and get unstuck.
The edge rule, chain reactions, and how to avoid them.
Where to get picks and what each skill tier changes.
You can open any chest untrained — here's how.
How the remake rebuilt the original's combination locks.
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