The chest is a very hard lock and I have spent 2 hours trying to open in, I’m level 16 in lockpocking and have practiced a lot. I have the lasting lockpick perk and deft grip. The chest is put simple way, way to hard. The lock on the door is very hard but I got in easy enough the chest on the other hand is like fort nocks. Please do something about this. Also please don’t change the lockpicking. It’s really good as it is it just requires a lot of practice.
my lockpicking is at level 16 and it still says too difficult. i wanted to do it without the padfoot potion (which i have, i just wanted to do it without it), but i really don’t want to have to keep picking a bunch of easy locks just to raise my level to finish this quest. im frustrated now though seeing that it let you pick it at 16.
I didn’t have an issue with the chest but I’m almost done with the lockpicking training.
SPOILER:
The items in the chest is just some nice clothes.
i used a padfoot potion last night to just get it over with. i was level 16 and it would say it was too difficult until i used the potion. i won’t spoil it, but i needed to get into the chest for a specific item and it was in there. that said, i don’t know if I’m gonna finish the quest i grabbed it for because i kinda want to keep it.