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The video provides a comprehensive guide on the hacking mini-game in Starfield, focusing on the strategic use of digipicks for lock picking and terminal hacking. Players must navigate a puzzle involving placing pins into notched rings, with different lock difficulties (novice to master) adding complexity. Effective strategies include pre-planning pin placements, conserving Auto slots for difficult puzzles, and leveraging higher security skills for more advanced locks. The speaker also highlights specific techniques for solving rings efficiently and emphasizes the importance of process optimization in tackling the challenging locks. The guide concludes with tips on organizing components and mentions a high-selling item, the "advanced AA 99" gun, as a noteworthy detail.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter explains the new hacking mini-game in Starfield, which merges lock picking and terminal hacking into one activity involving “digipicks.” These digipicks are necessary for hacking safes, doors, and terminals. Players start with novice-level locks and must place pins into rings with notches to solve the puzzle. Each digipick allows a certain number of attempts, and using a digipick only occurs after the first pins are slotted. If a mistake is made, players can use a digipick to undo their last move, reflecting a more strategic layer to the mini-game compared to Fallout 4.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains how to effectively use digipicks to solve lockpicking puzzles. Key strategies include arranging pins in all rings before syncing them to avoid wasting digipicks and the ability to back out of a puzzle without losing progress, although used digipicks are not returned. The example provided highlights the importance of pre-planning pin placements to ensure all slots are correctly filled. The video also introduces different lock difficulties (novice, advanced, expert, and master), noting that advanced locks require a higher security skill and are more complex, involving more rings and pins. Additionally, rank one of the security skill enables the use of two Auto attempts to assist in hacking locks.
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In this part of the video, the narrator explains the mechanics of hacking locks in a game. They discuss how successfully hacking locks fills up a bar which then provides an option to use “Auto slot.” Auto slot arranges the rings and pins correctly above their slots but doesn’t sync them. The narrator advises saving Auto slots for tricky puzzles and notes that once the Auto slot meter is full, it remains so until used. With Rank 1 security, two Auto slots can be banked, while Rank 2 security changes the minigame substantially. Rank 2 allows the hacking of expert locks, banks three Auto slots, and color-codes rings to simplify the process.
The narrator then walks through an expert lock with three rings of slots and nine rings of pins. They demonstrate how selecting the right ring of pins and aligning it with highlighted rings of slots (shown in blue) helps deduce the correct placements. They emphasize the strategy of finding and solving pins that fit only specific rings first to maintain flexibility for other pins that can fit multiple rings.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how to strategically fit pins into slots to solve a puzzle. They highlight the importance of selecting the correct pins that only work on the top and mention a problem where certain slots are limited. The speaker chooses to prioritize pins based on efficiency, eliminating options that don’t fit well and settling on the best fit through trial and error. They solve the top ring using pins number six and nine, and then proceed to solve the middle and bottom rings by systematically placing the remaining pins. They demonstrate the process of syncing the solved rings from top to bottom. Additionally, they explain that unlocking higher security ranks in the game allows for more advanced lock-picking abilities, such as hacking Master Level locks and eliminating unnecessary pins.
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In this part of the video, the speaker provides a detailed guide on solving Master Level locks in the game Starfield. They describe the complexity of these locks, which involve four rings with slots and 12 rings of pins. The key strategy involves using auto slots to fill in the first pins of each ring and then using process of elimination for the remaining pins. The speaker suggests conserving auto slots for the hardest locks and using a Digi pick to eliminate unnecessary rings with pins at the start of a puzzle. The guide aims to balance efficiency and time management in tackling challenging locks in the game. Additionally, the speaker invites viewers to share their thoughts on this mini-game and provides information on subscribing to their channel, following them on Twitter, and purchasing their merchandise.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how to organize and sort components into top, middle, and bottom sections. They confirm the placement for each section and highlight that the “middle” section is sorted with components. The focus then shifts to ensuring the bottom section is managed correctly. The speaker concludes by noting that a particular gun, identified as “advanced AA 99,” is a good seller.