Wasteland

The Wasteland is a desert canyon located between Wumpa Island and the Junkyard. Dry and inhospitable, few things live here save for crows, cacti, and hostile titans. Crash comes to the Wasteland three times: first to tame RhinoRoller, again to access the Junkyard, and finally to retrieve one of Uka Uka's bones from the Snipe Hero.

A RhinoRoller village can also be found here, though it sparsely populated, as most of the villagers have been brainwashed by the NV. Once the main story mode is completed, a RhinoRoller cub offers minigame rounds to play outside the village.

Geography
The Wasteland is west of Wumpa Island, connected to it through a decrepit coliseum. Crash must topple pillars using TK in order to reach it. Scorporilla and her Magmadon goons are fought inside.

Beyond the coliseum is a section of canyon, where cracked stone walls, falling boulders, and Ratnicians stand in Crash's way. Further on, he crosses a stone bridge that collapses underneath him, leaving him stranded in the Wasteland. Here, Crash encounters a RhinoRoller for the first time. It defeats a wild Scorporilla with its powerful rolling attack. Once defeated and jacked, RhinoRoller can use its ability to roll up cliff slopes and travel further.

Sandstone rails carry Crash and RhinoRoller through disjointed canyon plateaus. A Roller Switch opens a gate to the clifftop, which overlooks the Wasteland entrance. Once Uka Uka is freed later in the story, this area will have a two-way portal to Mount Grimly.

A tunnel leads out to a sandy clearing. One of the Wasteland's most notable landmarks, this huge expanse of desert acts as an arena of sorts for RhinoRoller to bound about in. Here, Crash must collect three keys while fighting off Magmadons and other RhinoRollers. This will open a cave on the arena's north side. Descending within the cave eventually brings Crash to the RhinoRoller village.

The village has only three inhabitants: an elderly RhinoRoller and her two cubs, who've made their den inside a dried-out tree. There are two paths leading out from the village, though only one (the left one) is accessible during Crash's first visit. It is the exit. The right path opens later in the story, when Crash is tasked with retrieving Uka Uka's bones. It leads to the Snipe Hero's lair.

Immediately upon exiting the village, Crash is set upon by Spikes. Once they are defeated, the path diverges yet again. The left path is locked at first; the key can only be obtained later by defeating the Spike Hero at Wumpa Island. Opening it makes the Junkyard accessible. Before that, a climbable rock wall lies dead ahead. It leads back to the Wasteland entrance at the clifftop. Upon Crash's return, a group of RhinoRollers reconstruct the collapsed stone bridge, allowing him to return to Wumpa Island and the Ratcicle Kingdom.

Collectibles
Listed by the order in which they are found:

Gallery
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Trivia

 * Although the RhinoRollers who reconstruct the bridge are supposedly friendly and allied with the village elder, they are still dark-colored, as though under NV control.
 * It is unknown why the RhinoRoller and the Scorporilla fought each other in the debut sequence of the RhinoRoller, as both mutants were under NV control.