Purple gem

The Purple gem is a rare type of gem in the Crash Bandicoot series. Like the other colored gems, it opens up secret areas (known as gem paths) once collected.

Crash Bandicoot
The purple gem is obtained by breaking all the crates without losing a life in Lights Out. Because some of the crates in this level are part of the yellow gem path, the yellow gem must be obtained first. The purple gem opens up the purple gem path in Boulder Dash.

Walkthrough
 DM's Guide Crash Bandicoot 1 - Lights Out (Purple Gem)-0 

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

Walkthrough
 Crash Bandicoot 2 How to Get Purple Gem-0 

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
The sprite of the purple gem is exactly the same as in Cortex Strikes Back. 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.

Walkthrough
 Crash Bandicoot 3 - Purple Gem!-3 

Crash Team Racing
The purple gem is featured as the prize for winning 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.

Walkthrough
 Crash Team Racing Purple Gem Cup 1080 HD-0 

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.

Walkthrough
 Crash Bandicoot The Wrath Of Cortex How To Get Purple Gem 

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.

Walkthrough
 Crash Nitro Kart PS2 PURPLE Gem Cup 

Crash Twinsanity
Like the other gems, a purple gem can be found hidden throughout each level in the game, meaning there are sixteen in total. Collecting a purple gem unlocks a concept gallery in the game's concept art, accessible through the pause menu.

Walkthrough
 Crash Twinsanity - Gem Locations 

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
The purple gem reappears in the N. Sane Trilogy remasters of the first three games, where it reprises the same role it had in the original versions. It has a custom-drawn icon on the pause screen and looks the same throughout all three games.

Walkthroughs
 Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Lights Out - Purple Gem Guide Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Bee-Having 100% Complete Purple Gem Get the PURPLE GEM in High Time stage Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (N. Sane Trilogy) 

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
The purple gem reappears in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, where it reprises the same role that it had in the original version of Crash Team Racing.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Bandicoot: 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 Twinsanity (mobile)
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Trivia

 * The power gems in Crash Tag Team Racing look similar to the purple gem.
 * In It's About Time, the purple gem was cut for unknown reasons.
 * The purple gem was intended to be in the game, as Crash Compactor originally had a purple gem path.
 * The purple gem from Crash Nitro Kart is actually pink instead of purple, but it is still referred to as the purple gem. This is also the case with the Purple CNK token.
 * The The Wrath of Cortex  model is that of a clear gem's, but recolored.

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