Time Relic

Relics, also known as Time Relics, are items that are achieved after getting a record time in Time Trial mode below a certain time. They first appeared in Crash Bandicoot: Warped. There are currently three types of time relics:


 * 1) Sapphire Relics
 * 2) Gold Relics
 * 3) Platinum Relics

Sapphire relics are the easiest to obtain and have the longest time to obtain them. After this comes the gold relics, followed by the platinum relics which are the hardest to obtain and have the shortest time to obtain them. Better relics are awarded when the player complete a certain course in a better time, or by beating the record set by the CPU.

Although only the easiest time appears on screen, one does not have to have the sapphire relic before obtaining the gold relics. The same applies for the platinum relic with the sapphire and gold relics.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time marks developer times with a fourth type of relic which are purple in color with orange jewelry, though it is not considered an actual relic or collectible.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot: Warped
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bash (Gold and Platinum Relics only)
 * 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 (as a card)
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
 * Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
 * Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

Trivia

 * The sapphire relics were originally going to be silver in early versions of Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Due to the confusion of silver looking similar to platinum, they were changed to bronze, but eventually ended up as sapphire.
 * In the N. Sane Trilogy, Time Trials and relics are fully implemented into the remakes of the first two games, save for relic-locked levels and the gem obtainable by collecting every gold relic or higher. However, the criteria for retrieving two hidden gems from Hang Eight and Plant Food remain the same, independent of the Time Trials.
 * In Crash Bash, there are only two types of relics: gold and platinum. However, gold relics have a green jewel in them instead of red, and platinum relics look like sapphire relics. Also, in Crash Bash, relics are not obtained in a time trial mode, but rather in relic challenges.
 * The platinum relic times in the original Crash Bandicoot: Warped are not displayed until after beating Cortex.
 * The relics resemble the ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol of life that can also be seen on the moving platforms in the Egyptian levels of Warped. Visual changes made in N. Sane Trilogy bring them closer in terms of appearance.
 * Relics were going to be used in Twinsanity, but they were cut.
 * Relics were called "trophies" in the Japanese version of Warped, but the name is reverted to "relics" in the N. Sane Trilogy.
 * According to Nitros Oxide and Emperor Velo XXVII, their full name is "Time Relics."