If you want to avoid breaking precious Bobby Pins when picking various locks in Fallout 3, exercise patience. If you\'ve failed opening the lock on the first two tries, chances are a third try will break the Bobby Pin. If you back out of trying to pick the lock and then immediately reattempt it, however, your Bobby Pin\'s strength will reestablish itself, giving you several more tries. Repeat this technique to never break a Bobby Pin.