Lock

LOCK PICKING SOLUTION

The tumblers are divided into 3 sections - grey, brown and red. Each section has 5 tumblers, 3 at the top and 2 at the bottom. The 3rd tumbler in the top row of each section (marked with large dots) is that specific section's master tumbler. All the other tumblers are regular, or slave tumblers.

When a section's master tumbler is clicked all the tumblers in that section will automatically open and lock.

Note that before any tumbler can be clicked, the tumblers to the left of it must be opened.

Each regular (slave) tumbler is linked to another tumbler in the lock - not necessarily in the same section. This means that when any regular tumbler is moved the tumbler linked to it will also react, moving either up or down. However, when a linked tumbler is already open, and is being held open by the other pick, then its reaction will be to 'lock' itself open.

As a starting point, try to establish the linked tumblers for each tumbler. Note that the grey tumblers have to be opened to get to the brown ones, and both the grey and brown tumblers opened to test the red ones.

GREY SECTION	BROWN SECTION	RED SECTION
G1 linked with G4	B1 linked with R5	R1 linked with R4
G2 linked with G4	B2 linked with B5	R2 linked with R3
G3 = Master Tumbler	B3 = Master Tumbler	R3 = Master Tumbler
G4 linked with G1	B4 linked with B1	R4 linked with B4
G5 linked with G1	B5 linked with R1	R5 linked with R2

The grey and brown sections are relatively easy to open and the same method is used for both.

GREY SECTION

01) Click G1 - linked tumbler G4 reacts by moving upwards
02) Switch picks (so that G1 remains held open by the other pick)
03) Click G4 - this locks linked tumbler G1
04) Switch picks (so that G4 remains held open by the other pick)
05) Click G2 - this locks linked tumbler G4
06) Switch tumblers (so that G2 remains held open by the other pick)
07) Click G3 (Master Tumbler) - this locks all the grey tumblers

BROWN SECTION

01) Click B1 - linked tumbler R5 reacts by moving upwards
02) Switch picks (so that B1 remains held open by the other pick)
03) Click B4 - this locks linked tumbler B1
04) Switch picks (so that B4 remains held open by the other pick)
05) Click B2 - linked tumbler B5 reacts by moving downwards
06) Switch picks (so that B2 remains held open by the other pick)
07) Click B3 (Master Tumbler) - this locks all the brown tumblers

As certain brown tumblers are linked to red tumblers (and visa versa) the red section is more difficult. The only way to manipulate some red tumblers is in reaction to moving a brown tumbler.

RED SECTION

01) Click B4 - to unlock it
02) Switch picks (so that B4 remains held open by the other pick)
03) Click R4 - this locks linked tumbler B4
04) Switch picks (so that R4 remains held open by the other pick)
05) Click R1 - this locks linked tumbler R4
06) Click B1 - to unlock it and R1 (released) moves down; note that R5 (linked) cannot move upwards
07) Now for a sneaky move - Click the pick (holding B1) on its handle to pull it away completely
B1 will move down when released and R5 (linked to B1) moves downwards
08) Click R5 - linked tumbler R2 moves downward (use the pick you pulled away, not the one holding R4)
09) Switch picks (so that R5 remains held open by the other pick)
10) Click B1 - this locks linked tumbler R5
11) Switch picks (so that B1 remains held open by the other pick)
12) Click B4 - to unlock it
13) Click B4 again - this locks linked tumbler B1
14) Switch picks (so that B4 remains held open by the other pick)
15) Click B3 (Master Tumbler) - to unlock it (this step is needed to lock B4)
16) Click B3 (Master Tumbler) again - this locks all the brown tumblers (including B4)
17) Click R4 - to unlock it
18) Switch picks (so that R4 remains held open by the other pick)
19) Click R1 - this locks linked tumbler R4
20) Switch picks (so that R1 remains held open by the other pick)
21) Click B5 - to unlock it
22) Click B5 again - this locks linked tumbler R1
23) Switch picks (so that B5 remains held open by the other pick)
24) Click B3 (Master Tumbler) - to unlock it (this step is needed to lock B5)
25) Click B3 (Master Tumbler) again - this locks all the brown tumblers (including B5)
26) Click R2 - linked tumbler R3 moves downward
27) Switch picks (so that R2 remains held open by the other pick)
28) Finally, click R3 (Master Tumbler) - this locks all the red tumblers