In-game pickup line
“Flip a coin”
Mechanics
What Wooden Nickel does
- Activation has a chance to spawn a random coin.
- It can supply a steady stream of money when recharged across many rooms.
From the game files
Recharge
Standard room-clear recharge. Batteries and other effects can change how quickly it refills.
Achievement #244
How to unlock it
Donate 33 coins to the Greed Donation Machine.
Defeating Isaac as Keeper separately makes him start future runs with Wooden Nickel.
Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.
Explore more unlocksIn a run
Practical note
Use it as often as possible while exploring, especially before visiting a shop.
Reference
Game data and sources
The item ID, quality and pool listings, icon, game-file tags, and short pickup line come from the extracted Repentance files. This effect explanation is an editorial summary checked against the references below. Repentance+ can differ. Charge and pickup values shown above also come from the extracted items.xml.
