? Crate

The '''? Crate' is a type of crate in the Crash Bandicoot'' series, usually containing big amounts of Wumpa Fruit (or, occasionally, a 1-up or an Aku Aku mask, the latter mainly in the GBA series). Like other crates, it can be be destroyed by spinning, sliding through, belly flopping, or jumping on them. In Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped, certain ? crates are programmed so that if the player dies many times in a certain segment of the level, it will turn into a checkpoint crate or mask crate which will stay there forever if the game is saved. They appear in racing games holding items rather than Wumpa, and in Crash Bash as purple holding special items in particular minigames. In Crash of the Titans for the Nintendo DS, they appear in large and small sizes. The larger crates can only be broken by using jacked titans.

The ? Crate also appears in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled as an alternate skin for the Iron Checkpoint Crate.

Other names

 * Crates - Crash Team Racing
 * Power-Up Crates - Crash Team Racing Prima strategy guide
 * Surprise Boxes - Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
 * Mystery Crates - Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
 * Weapons Crates - Crash Nitro Kart
 * Surprise Crates - Crash Twinsanity

Crash Bandicoot
"Who can say what's in these crates? You'll just have to find out for yourself."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
"Who can say what's in these boxes? You'll just have to find out for yourself."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot (99X)
"Smash this and you can get any one of the above."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
"A surprise in every box."
 * Manual

Crash Team Racing
"These crates are marked with a "?" and contain a random power-up which can be used to improve your performance and/or hinder the performance of your opponents. You can only carry one weapon at a time. When you have collected 10 or more Wumpa Fruit, the power-ups will become "juiced up."
 * Prima strategy guide

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
"You never know what you'll find - there's a surprise in every box."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
"You never know what you'll find, there's a surprise in every box."
 * Manual

"There's a surprise inside every one, but it's usually Wumpa fruit."
 * N-Tranced - Prima strategy guide

Crash Nitro Kart
"Drive your kart through a weapons crate to break it apart and collect the power-up inside. These are marked with a question mask and usually come in sets of four."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
"One spin, jump or hit will break these open; these contain multiple Wumpa fruit."
 * Manual

Crash Twinsanity
"When broken, gives the player between 5 and 10 Wumpa."
 * Manual

"Surprise crates yield between five and ten Wumpa when broken. The exact amount is a surprise (get it?) every time."
 * Prima strategy guide

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Bandicoot (99X)
 * Crash Bandicoot: Warped
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bash
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
 * Crash Nitro Kart
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
 * Crash Nitro Kart (mobile)
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash of the Titans (DS and GBA versions only)
 * Crash Nitro Kart 2
 * Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
 * Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
 * Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Names in Other Languages
Caja Misteriosa Caisse ? Cassa ? ？箱 Tajemnicza Skrzynia Caixa ? Ящик-сюрприз