Crate

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Artwork of a regular Crate from Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy.

Crates, also known as Basic Crates^[1] and Basic Wooden Crates,^[2] are objects featured in every Crash Bandicoot game, starting with the first game, Crash Bandicoot. Crates are breakable objects featured in every level, and breaking a Crate releases one or a few Wumpa Fruits. There are many different types of Crates, and Crash is required to break every one to receive either a Clear Gem or a Colored Gem, depending on the game. They are also named Boxes, and both names are used interchangeably throughout their appearances.

In Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage, there is a blue trading card of regular created named Wood Crate.

Types of crates[edit]

Crate	First appearance	Description
Activation Crate	Crash Nitro Kart
Aku Aku Box	Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	An iron crate with an Aku Aku symbol on it. This crate acts exactly like normal Aku Aku Crates, aside from the fact they cannot be destroyed, and that the player will not become invincible once hitting a third Aku Aku Box.
Aku Aku Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate with Aku Aku on it. When broken, it summons Aku Aku, which lets you take a hit without dying. If 3 Aku Aku crates are broken, the player will become invincible for a short while.
Ammo box	Crash Twinsanity
Arrow Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate with an arrow pointing upwards. Instead of breaking when jumped on, this crate will bounce the player in the air. When broken, it will give some Wumpa Fruits.
Beenox Crate	Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled	A regular crate featuring the logo of the company Beenox. They were added added during the Post-Grand Prix update and breaking all of them in each tracks will unlock the Iron Checkpoint Crate as a playable character.
Big TNT Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A bigger variant of the TNT crate that only appears during the boss fight with Ripper Roo in Crash Bandicoot. They function the same way as the normal TNT crates, aside from the bigger radius of the explosion.
Bounce Box	Crash Bandicoot	A crate that contains many Wumpa Fruits in it. Jumping on the crate makes the player bounce on it and collect some fruits contained within it.
Checkpoint Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate with the letter "C" on it. When hit, the crate will open and leave a checkpoint on the ground, which allows the player to restart from this point if he loses a life.
Coin Crate	Crash Tag Team Racing
Copter Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced	Crash can break one of these to release a Heli-Pack and ride it.
File:Countdown Crate.png Countdown Crate	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Crash Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate with Crash's mug on it. When broken, the player can collect an Extra life. In some games where you can take control of characters other than Crash, the Crash crates will change to match the current playable character in use in certain games, for example, if playing as Cortex in Crash Twinsanity, then the crates will become Cortex crates.
Detonator Crate	Crash Twinsanity	A crate that, when landed on or spun, will detonate nearby Nitro Crates linked to it.
Feather Crate	Crash of the Titans (Nintendo DS)	A crate with a red feather on it, it appears exclusively in the Nintendo DS version of Crash of the Titans.
Fire Crate	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Freeze Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced	A blue crate with a snowflake on it. When broken, every enemies on screen will be frozen in place for a short while.
File:Giant Crate.png Giant Crate	Crash of the Titans (Nintendo DS)
Golden Wumpa Crate	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Infinity Crate	Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	A translucent opened gray crate that spits out an infinite amount of Wumpa Fruits. It appears exclusively in the minigames from the Bonus World.
Invisibility Crate	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	A transparent crate that turns the player invisible.
Iron Arrow Crate	Crash Bandicoot	An iron crate with an arrow pointing upwards. This crate acts exactly like normal Arrow Crates, aside from the fact they cannot be destroyed.
Iron Checkpoint Crate	Crash Bandicoot: Warped	An iron variant of a checkpoint crate that acts the same way, but does not break, and does not count on the crate counter.
Iron Crate	Crash Bandicoot	An indestructible crate made out of iron.
Iron Switch Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate made out of iron, with an exclamation mark on it. When hit, it transforms nearby Outline crates into different kinds of crates, with the Iron-switch crate becoming a normal Iron crate after being hit.
Locked Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	A stronger variation of the Basic crates that cannot be destroyed with a normal attack. These crates can only be broken with strong attacks.
Magic Carpet Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced	Crash can break one of these to release a Magic Carpet and ride it.
Multiplier Crate	Crash Nitro Kart
Nitro Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	A green crate with "Nitro" written on it. These boxes explodes on contact with the player. The best way to securely destroy every Nitro crates in a level is to hit the Nitro switch crate.
Nitro Switch Crate	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	A green iron crate with an exclamation mark on it. When hit, every Nitro crates in the level will explode. After a Nitro switch crate is hit, it will become a normal Iron crate, with some games keeping its green color.
Outline Crate	Crash Bandicoot	An outline of a crate, completely non-solid. When an Iron-switch crate is hit, it will transform the nearby Outline crates into different kinds of crates.
Pants Crate	Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	A crate that, when broken, will change Crash's shorts to the color shown on the crate.
Purple Crate	Crash Bash
Slot Crate	Crash Bandicoot: Warped	A type of crate that acts like a slot machine. The contents of said box depends on when the player breaks it, and if they don't break it in time, it becomes an Iron Crate.
File:Spike Crate.png Spike Crate	Crash: Mind Over Mutant
Stone Block	Crash Bash	A special kind of crate used in the Crate Crush minigame from Crash Bash.
Surprise Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A crate with a question mark on it. When broken, it can give the player between five and ten Wumpa Fruits.
Time Crate	Crash Bandicoot: Warped	A yellow crate with a number between one and three on it. These kind of boxes usually only appear in Time Trial modes, and will freeze the timer for a short period of time depending on the number on the broken crate.
TNT Crate	Crash Bandicoot	A red crate with the letters "TNT" written on it. When the player jumps on it, a countdown of three seconds starts, which will explode when reaching zero. Spinning the crate will instantly make it explode.
World Crate	Crash Twinsanity	Triggered by proximity, these crates acts just like Checkpoint Crates, with the main difference being that it also auto-saves the player's game.