# How to open the closed metal door on the mansion

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089 "2020-10-28T07:47:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![hello\_world](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hello_world/32/10204_2.png) [@hello\_world](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hello_world)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/1 "2020-10-28T07:47:08Z")

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I tried to use makeshift crowbar but it says “nothing to pry” and tried lockpick and it also says"nothing to lockpick. The closed metal door is behind the bookshelves.

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**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/2 "2020-10-28T08:47:53Z")

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Acetylene torch. Or pickaxe/jackhammer the wall nearby. I wouldn’t bother though, never found anything great in those closed sections.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/3 "2020-10-28T15:17:05Z")

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Here are all the ways I know off:

> [@Advancing Through the Lab](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advancing-through-the-lab/25054/2):
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> You can open that steel door in multiple ways. The easiest one would probably be to use an acetylene torch on it to cut it open.  
> You can also blast it open with explosives.  
> You can smash it open with enough strength and some tools or a Sonic Resonator CBM.  
> You can dig through the wall on its side with a pickaxe or a drill.  
> And you might be able to send an NPC to loot the place, as this opens **all** doors (last I checked the code), but I’m not sure if that is fully implemented yet or how to do that.

As for blasting through it; it probably destroyes whatever’s behind the door, so apply with care.

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**Author:** ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/4 "2020-10-28T15:45:47Z")

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I don’t think we’ve set it up but I still want to add a chance to find a survivor in the safe room.

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**Author:** ![redivider](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redivider/32/7853_2.png) [@redivider](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redivider)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/5 "2020-10-28T17:37:50Z")

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you can jackhammer the metal door it self no need to do it on the wall if you want the metal materials

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**Author:** ![PALU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/6 "2020-10-28T19:41:34Z")

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Are you sure about that? Typically metal door can be broken only with acetylene torches, while jackhammers tend to work on walls.

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**Author:** ![redivider](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redivider/32/7853_2.png) [@redivider](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redivider)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-open-the-closed-metal-door-on-the-mansion/25089/7 "2020-10-28T21:23:54Z")

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yes, just did it on experimental