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To enter further into the bank, you must show a [[Bank Pass]] to [[Cashguard Captain Faril]]. You can purchase a Bank Pass from [[Head Clerk Meadhoney]] for a large sum of gold, or if you succeed in a {{SAI|Detect Thoughts}} or a passive [[Insight]] check you get the option to persuade him into giving you a "temporary" pass which is, in fact, just a normal pass, or just steal one from the Head Clerk's office upstairs, on a cabinet at {{Coords|-102|-180}}. After proceeding through [[Aid the Underduke]], you can also make a [[Persuasion]], [[Intimidation]], or [[Deception]] check to convince Meadhoney to give you a pass.

The Bank Pass will get you access to the lower levels of the bank, including the safes and vaults.

The Counting House Safes are found after a right turn immediately after proceeding down the stairs and through the Vault Door at {{Coords|-91|-158}}. Each safe is tucked behind an ornate iron door that cannot be interacted with; bypassing each requires teleportation, like {{Sai|Misty Step}}, [[Arrow of Transposition]] or intangibility effects, like {{Sai|Gaseous Form}}, keeping in mind that locks cannot be picked while under the latter condition. These safes each have a {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|20}}. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Safe n°X Key".

Through the door directly opposite the Safes, on the left-hand side from the entry corridor, are the Counting House Vaults. Sigil circles protect each vault, teleporting would-be thieves back to the entryway should they pass above them, including flying or jumping over them. These circles can be bypassed with effects like {{SAI|Misty Step}}, careful jumping around their edges, or by disabling them by pressing the button located at {{Coords|-963|797}}.{{note|This button can be activated with a ranged attack.}} These vaults each have a {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|25}} lock. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Vault n°X Key".

* Entering the passcode to open the door by walking over four of the nine pressure plates in a correct order. Reading {{RarityItem|Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History}} (in the Head Banker's office on the top floor, at {{Coords|-93|-181}}) hints at the password being {{Blur|1-3-5-6}}.

* As hinted in {{RarityItem|Cleaning Staff Note}} at {{Coords|-947|789}} and {{RarityItem|Counting House Vault Rules}} in the stack of scrolls at {{Coords|-958|772}}, creating an [[Electrified Surface|electrified surface]] and short-circuiting the lock.

These high security vaults each have a {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|30}} lock and {{Cond|Enchanted Security}} which prevents [[Knock]] spells from opening them. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "High Security Vault n°X Key". Lockpicking and looting the vaults down here will '''not''' trigger any security response.

=== Counting House Docks ===

Docks line the southwestern perimeter of the Counting House. Besides a door at {{Coords|-114|-193}} connecting to the antechamber descending into the vaults, the docks can also be reached from the southern end of [[Flymm Cargo]] and the east end of [[Water Queen's House]]. Being spotted by any of the patrols, which include two [[Steel Watcher (creature)|Steel Watchers]], will at best result in ejection, and at worst a fight.

Cargo boats and locked treasure chests are strewn about the docks. Each chest requires either a {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|10 or 15}} to unlock; though none contain unique loot, claiming them all will garner a windfall of [[valuables]], [[scrolls]], [[potions]], and raw [[gold]]. Climbing to the top of the locked tower at {{Coords|-161|-219}}, the player can additionally find two {{RarityItem|Smokepowder Barrel|alias=Smokepowder Barrels}} and an excellent view of the city's port. Travelling west from there leads to the [[Lustrous Lass]], a ship steeped in disease and carrying a deadly [[Cursed Imp]] stowaway.

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