Nitro Crate

Nitro Crates are powerful, explosive crates, filled with nitroglycerin, seen in the Crash Bandicoot series.

These explosive crates are extremely sensitive and should not be touched under most conditions (even while in the ground) unless supplied with invincibility. These are the most dangerous Crates on the Crash series. In Crash of the Titans for the DS they appear with only an "N" on them. In the GBA version of Crash of the Titans, they have a yellow explosion. To destroy them at the end of a level Crash must press the nitro switch crate. It is similar to that of the TNT crate except it does does not count down from three to one before exploding.

In Crash 2 and 3, the nitro crates occasionally jump in the air to make passing them more difficult. There is also a staircase of 'dud' (probably inactive) nitro crates in Bee-Having which leads to a secret stage, containing the purple gem.

If Crash touches them, they will explode and he will lose one of his masks or lose a life if he has none. If Crash does lose a life in this fashion in Crash 2 or 3, he will be shown as an angel, except he will also be playing the didgeridoo. However, while in underground, a stone (saying "RIP (Rest in Peace)") will pop up.

In Crash Team Racing and Crash Nitro Kart, they are one of the weapons available, as an upgraded TNT crate for racers with maximum wumpa fruit. As usual, if it is hit it explodes. The player loses three wumpa fruits as well. Any racer can get them at any time. Komodo Joe and Nitros Oxide also use them in boss challenges.

In Crash Bash, they appear in Crate Crush levels except Drain Bash.

In Crash Twinsanity, players will still be blown up if Crash touches them even if he has invincibility. Nitro crates will destroy enemies also if they're knocked them into them or if they run into them. The Nitro crates in this game appear very different to the versions in the previous games.

The only way to touch a nitro crate and not be blown up is by using the tip toe power up In Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, or having an Aku Aku mask.

Appears In

 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bash
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
 * Crash Nitro Kart
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
 * Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash Boom Bang!
 * Crash of the Titans (Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance versions only)
 * Crash: Mind Over Mutant (DS version)