Outline Crate

Outline Crates are crates that appear only as semi-transparent ghostly outlines until they are activated by an ! crate. Outline crates are intangible but may still be affected by crate physics and can interact with other crates. The actual content of a ghost crate is unknown until it is activated, upon which it can turn into a set crate of any variety. Since a single ! crate can activate multiple ghost crates, outline crates may be activated in a certain order. In Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, the whole set of ghost crates is activated at the same time in no particular order.

Other Names

 * Outline Box - Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
"These strange boxes appear only if the Switch Box hidden in that level is activated."
 * Manual

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
"The contents of these strange boxes only appear if the Switch Box hidden in that level is activated."
 * Manual

"The contents of these boxes appear only when you hit the level's Switch Box."
 * N-Tranced - Prime strategy guide

Crash Twinsanity
"This crate is only visible as outlines until you activate a nearby iron-switch crate. Once triggered, the outline crates will become solid, allowing you to stand or walk on them."
 * Manual

"Outline crates are just placeholders, showing you where crates will appear if you activate the corresponding iron switch crate. Whenever you see outline crates, you know there has to be an iron switch crate somewhere nearby. Go look for that iron switch crate, activate it, and return to see what replaced the outline crates."
 * Prima strategy guide

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Bandicoot: Warped
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (as a card)
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash Twinsanity (mobile)
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
 * Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

Names in Other Languages
Cassa invisibile 透明箱 Контурный ящик