I still remember the day I played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. After picking it up at a midnight release, I was off to the races to slowly discover all the hidden secrets and questlines it had to offer.
But this Reddit tip really has me wishing I had learned one particular secret sooner. It's a classic tip that will change how you play through Skyrim from here on out.
In any given Bethesda game, you can expect some form of hacking or lockpicking to enter the picture, depending on the setting. It can be a rite of passage in some ways for newer open-world genre fans, but the finite materials required can make these minigames feel tedious and unrewarding, especially if you don't know how they work.
Normally, when rotating the left stick of your controller, you'll rotate your pick around the lock and hear specific "click" sound effects. You can try to rotate the lock and open it when you hear this click, but choosing the wrong angle will break your lockpicks, which are finite in Skyrim (and tough to get early on if you're going in blind).
In the case of Skyrim, this tip is going...
