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So far, firing a rocket to a door has always made 100% damage to them. This means that if the door doesn't have INF strength, it will always bust open. I also happen to have 17 rockets right now, so I can save on lockpicks for a while... but honestly, rockets do seem like overkill.

Now, not everything damages doors; for example, the combat knife doesn't; stealth pistols don't, ... are there less drastic ways to bust a door open?

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LAMs destroyed doors too if I remember correctly. It does require an explosion. – spartacus Apr 8 '12 at 14:47
I had the same question when I was playing through Deus Ex. I tried most things that I could think of, and I don't think that there is a reusable way to do damage to doors. This is probably a design choice. – A. Still Apr 8 '12 at 16:59
At one time, you could begin lockpicking, enter the inventory, wait several seconds, and then exit the inventory, and the lockpick would be complete, even if multiple picks would have been needed. Don't know if this has been patched. – Steve V. Apr 10 '12 at 16:19
@SteveV. The version I'm playing (off steam) does have this... feature. – badp♦ Apr 10 '12 at 16:24
I'm not posting an "official" answer since I don't have DX installed to confirm this, but I'm 90% sure you can destroy doors with sniper rifle and a high rifle skill. – Feral Chimp Apr 11 '12 at 16:36
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  • GEP guns work on everything without infinite strength:
  • LAM rounds
  • Dragon's Tooth Sword works on most wooden objects such as doors (tested up to 50% str)

Am I missing something? Please help improve this answer!

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Lots of different things will damage doors depending on how the door strength and damage threshholds are set. You just have to try it. Usually though, what is gold in most cases has already been mentioned, such as explosives, master sniper rifle, DTS on a reasonable level+combat strength aug, and so on. But I've broken doors with my pistol, crowbar, and regular swords before. You just have to experiment.

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