Pin

**Pins** are special items in Epic Mickey that serve as collectibles. They appear throughout Wasteland, and can be acquired through a variety of methods. Although they contribute to the player’s save file and are important parts of a 100% Completion run, they have no purpose beyond collecting.

There are a total of 105 Pins that can be collected: 20 Bronze pins, 17 Silver pins, 20 Gold pins, and 48 Special pins.

## Types

There are two types of pins in Wasteland: Normal or “Metallic” pins, and Special pins.

Normal Pins are shaped like Mickey Mouse’s ears and come in Bronze, Silver, and Gold. There is no major difference regarding the difficulty of acquiring Gold vs. Silver or Bronze Pins.

Special Pins are a unique set of pins that usually appear only in specific circumstances. Although many of them can be found across Wasteland, some of them can be bought from Stores, unlike normal pins.

## Acquirement

The vast majority of pins are found in red-colored chests. These chests are often somewhat hard to reach, and are sometimes initially thinned out, but they are easy to identify from their bright gold outlines. When Mickey reaches a chest, interacting with it will play an animation where Mickey will open the chest and get the pin.

If Mickey has already collected a pin from a chest in a previous playthrough, the animation will still play, but the pin will be grayed-out and have a green checkmark over it.

There are a few pins that can be found lying around in the world, which can be collected by simply running over them. One such example is the Gold Pin in the Dark Beauty Castle Throne Room.

Special Pins can sometimes be found in chests (for example, the *Mickeyjunk Mountain Pin*), but most of them are acquired through beating quests a certain way, such as beating a boss with Thinner or Paint instead of vice-versa.

Some Special Pins can be bought with E-Tickets from shops, such as the Emporium and the Bog Easy Shop. They are usually priced at about 200 E-Tickets.

## 100% Completion

In order to achieve a fully completed save file, Mickey will have to collect all 105 pins. This will require a minimum of three playthroughs, for a number of reasons:

* Many Special Pins can only be acquired if the player defeats bosses a certain way, meaning that most bosses will have two pins each: one for when they are redeemed with Paint, and one when they are destroyed with Thinner.
* Another example can be seen regarding how the player deals with the Slobber in the Great Big Tomorrow.
	+ Befriending the Slobber will net a part for Animatronic Goofy, which contributes to his eponymous Special Pin.
	+ Thinning the Slobber will give Mickey a Gold Pin.
* Some quests also prevent pins from being collected. This is most notable with the quest Hook's Machine:
	+ If the player fixes the machine, the Pirates in Ventureland will leave, and thus Mickey is able to achieve a Gold Pin from Jim The Puzzled.
	+ If he ignored it, and did help Damien Salt in A Pirate's Love, then he can earn a pin from him.
	+ If Mickey ignored the machine, and did NOT help Damien Salt, he can earn a third separate pin from Bosun Blake.
	+ Each of these three pins are mutually exclusive, and thus all of them must be collected in separate playthroughs.