Purple gem



The purple gem, as known as the Amethyst, is a rare type of gem in the Crash Bandicoot series. Along with the other colored gems, this gem is very powerful and opens up secret areas.

Crash Bandicoot
In the original Crash game, where the colored gems were earned on the same way as the clear gems, the purple gem is obtained by breaking all the crates and not losing a life in Lights Out. It opens up the purple gem path in Boulder Dash.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
The purple gem appears oblong shaped. In this game it can be obtained in Bee-Having by reaching a secret area in the stage, which can be accessed by hopping to the top of a stair of nitro crates. It opens up part of the multicolor gem route in Spaced Out. There is no special purple gem route in this game.

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
The sprite of the purple gem is exactly the same as in Crash 2. It can be obtained by completing the death route in High Time. It opens up the purple gem route in Tomb Time and part of the multicolor gem route in Bug Lite. Although a purple gem route was eventually going to be in Gone Tomorrow, it was changed to a green gem route instead.

Crash Team Racing
The purple gem is featured as the prize in the Purple Gem Cup. Earning it also awards the player with Fake Crash. The purple gem cup can be unlocked by collecting all the purple CTR tokens, which are earned by completing the crystal challenges located in each area's battle arena. The purple gem cup pits the player against the bosses of the game on their respective tracks, in order.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex
The purple gem changes appearance, becoming more clear. It can be obtained by completing the death route in The Gauntlet. It opens up the purple gem route in Droid Void.

Crash Nitro Kart
The purple gem is once again featured as the prize in the purple gem cup, which now offers Zam as the other prize. It is run on the tracks Android Alley, Tiny Temple and Thunder Struck. The purple CNK tokens must be collected to unlock this cup, and again require the completion of the crystal challenge in each area's battle arena to unlock.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
The purple gem reappears in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy remasters of the first three games where it reprises the same role it had in the original versions of those games. It is customly drawn on the pause screen and looks the same throughout all three games.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
 * Crash Nitro Kart
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (As a Card)
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Trivia

 * The power gems in Crash Tag Team Racing are similar looking to the purple gem.
 * The Purple gems from Crash Bandicoot and Crash Nitro Kart are actually pink instead of purple, but they are still referred to as the purple gem. This is also the case with the Purple CNK token in CNK.
 * The Crash Bandicoot and the Wrath of Cortex model is a Clear gem re-coloured while in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy it's a completely different model from the originals.