 It is vital that you make sure you have a key (and hence a lock) to your front door.
Whether you fear thieves or not, you need to be prepared for bugs that now and again mysteriously lock doors.
If you have no key you will be locked out.
Locks
If you keep a door or chest locked, then keep a spare key in a vault. Sooner or later you will lose a key, whether it be from a remote death, filching thieves or just fumbling it. Make sure that you have a spare set. Brass keys can be duplicated in any lock shop. Iron keys can be duplicated in the Djelibeybi lock and safe shop on the Road of the Moon. Octiron keys should also be duplicatable there, but the code is constantly reverting. The cost of duplicating a key will depend on the locksmith and the type of key. Brass tend to be $7.50, Octiron is several times this. Octiron keys should also be duplicatable by Sadel Noctus.
Keyring necklaces from the Get 'em while we still got 'em shop on The Plaza of Broken Moons in AM are handy. Other keyrings can be bought in Tourist Shops or the Magical Supplies Emporium, but they can't be worn. The (theoretically) best locks are the octiron locks from Sadel Noctus in Genua which cost 40 ducat (3000 dollars). The chubby ultra at A$750 is more popular of course as its a more reasonable price, but it is pickable with a very high lockpick bonus, but then so are octirons apparently. If you just want a key in order to avoid being locked out by a bug though; basic and flimsy locks are only about A$25. It is a good idea to at the very least put a lock on your front door because there is a reacurring bug that periodically locks unlocked doors. duplicate <object> change [lock in] <door|furniture> for <lock> Traps Some skill with covert.items.traps is required to install. With insufficient skill the trap will go off. It is often worth it to hire an assassin or thief to install your traps. rig <[exit] door|furniture> with <trap> arm trap in <[exit] door|furniture> Lock and Trap sellers Harold - Street of Cunning Artificers (east end), Ankh-Morpork. Anthrax, gas and needle traps. A$7.50 for keys. Phit-gat - Road of the Moon, Djelibeybi. Gas and needle traps. 15-30 DjToon for keys. Sixstone's Home Security Emporium, Market Street, Bes Pelargic. Gas and needle traps. Sadel Noctus - Royal Avenue, Genua (octiron locks) |