Pickpocket

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• Success with Rave Combo Pickpocket:

• Failure with Rave Combo:

The Logic of Pickpocketing

• If the monster has a pickpocket-only drop, roll for that item first.
• Go through the non-conditional other drops in random order and roll for them.
• Rolls are performed by picking a random number from 0 to 99. (Items with fractional base drop rates are Conditional Drops)
• If the rolled number is below the item's base drop rate, then that item qualifies.
• The first item that qualifies is stolen.
• If no items qualify, pickpocket fails.

The Math of Pickpocketing

If a monster can drop n different items with associated base drop rates p₁, p₂, ..., p_n, then the probability that item #1 will be obtained from a single pickpocket is given by the formula

• The probabilities of pickpocketing the other items can be found by permuting the variables.

• Another, possibly easier formula, where A is the base chance of the wanted item dropping, B is the base chance of another dropping, and C is the chance of a third item dropping, is:
  • If the monster can drop 2 items, Pickpocketing Chance = A(1-B)+AB/2
  • If the monster can drop 3 items, Pickpocketing Chance = A(1-B)(1-C)+(AB)(1-C)/2+(AC)(1-B)/2+ABC/3
  • The total chance of getting an item from a monster if you Pickpocket it and kill it is:

    Base Chance (1+ Item Drop Modifiers)(1- Pickpocketing Chance) + Pickpocketing Chance

Special Pockets For Picking

The following areas/monsters have items that can only be gained through Pickpocketing:

List of Monsters this skill doesn't work on

• The monsters in the Wine Racks
• Your nemesis in the Chamber of Epic Conflict
• Ultra-Rare monsters (due to them always getting initiative)
• All monsters found in Fernswarthy's Basement (they don't drop anything anyway)
• The DoD mimic, due to a bug that initially allowed you to get more than one wand
• The mimics in The Barrel full of Barrels
• Your shadow
• Feast of Boris monsters
• El Dia de Los Muertos Borrachos monsters
• Most monsters in The Sea cannot be successfully pickpocketed. Exceptions include the bazookafish (bazookafish bubble gum), patrons of The Dive Bar (all booze drops) and select items in The Skate Park.
• The gnarly gnome and the gnasty gnome cannot have their clockwork keys stolen, though their other drops are yoinkable.

Methods

Only the normal Pickpocket skill can force Pickpocket-only items. Also, only one pickpocket can succeed per combat.

• Pickpocket itself is available to Moxie classes, characters under Form of...Bird!, and characters equipped with a tiny black hole.
• A second Pickpocket attempt is allowed for Disco Bandits equipped with Bling of the New Wave, but only if the first attempt is attempted and fails.
• The Bow Tie Bat Pasta Guardian summon tries to pickpocket three times after summoning. It probably doesn't pick pickpocket-only items.
• Rave Steal chooses one item at random (with equal probability) and forces it to drop, but doesn't work if a pickpocket attempt has already succeeded.
• The V for Vivala mask, on critical hit, may do the same thing as a Rave Steal.
• Divine crackers are a pickpocket-like combat item which act with a +60% bonus.
• The Slimeling familiar, at the end of combat, will randomly choose one of the monster's equipment pieces which didn't drop and try to disgorge it. This mechanic is somewhat similar to pickpocket, but is implemented differently. See the Disgorging section on the Slimeling's page for more details. This is independent from all of the above, meaning that it can happen in conjunction with one of the above succeeding.

Bonus Pickpocket Chance

These presumably act as item drop modifiers would: +100% pickpocket chance would double the base drop rate for each item. This is different from doubling each item's total chance of being pickpocketed. Also presumably, these effects are only for the regular Pickpocket command, and not the various other pickpocket-like abilities.

• Danish Cunning (effect): 25%
• Elvish sunglasses (accessory): 25%
• El Tango de la Maldita Suegra (effect from an AT quest item): 20%
• Legendary Regalia of the Master Squeezeboxer (AT outfit): 50%
• tiny black hole (off-hand): 25%
• sticky gloves (accessory): 20%
• Knight's Armor (outfit): 10%

Notes

• If you successfully pickpocket something, you won't get it as a normal drop after killing the monster. However, if the monster can drop more than one of a certain item (for example, monsters in The Hole in the Sky that can drop multiple stars or lines), the other instances of that item can still drop normally.
• Except for pickpocket-only items, conditional drops can not be pickpocketed, even if you meet the conditions for them to drop normally. For example, a bunch of square grapes is a conditional drop because it will only drop if you are level 11 or higher. Shirts drop conditionally based on whether you have Torso Awaregness and also cannot be pickpocketed.
  • At least in the Knob revamp, this restriction seems to have been removed, as conditionals such as shirts are yoinkable.
• Even if a monster has no item drops, you may still pick its pocket if you get initiative.
• Item drop modifiers do not affect pickpocketing probability.
• If you click on a different link or log out of KoL when you get the initiative to get to the "You twiddle your thumbs" message, when you click on the Pick its Pocket button, you are still able to pickpocket.
• It is possible to pickpocket an item, and then successfully run away from the monster.
• See this forum thread for more information.

History

• This ability was added to the game as a Tuesday update on January 9, 2007.

See Also

• Conditional Drops