Battle of the Dragons

Battle of the Dragons
Start date	June 10th, 2021
Finish date	July 12th, 2021
Previous	Running Outta Time!
Next	Survival of the Fastest

Free at last! Now, get out of my way, this dimension is mine!

Dark Spyro, season intro

Battle of the Dragons was the third season in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!. It began on the 10th of June, 2021, and ended on the 12th of July, 2021.

Progression Content

Upstream was added mid-season to the game as well as 5 new gangs, bringing the game's total Power Gem count to 200.

Theme

This season was themed around the Spyro the Dragon series. Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc invaded the Wumpa Islands, and Spyro the Dragon followed their trail to the Bandicoots' dimension to stop them. Additionally, the season celebrated Pride Month with new rainbow-colored skins.

At the end of the season, Spyro managed to repair the portal and send Dark Spyro back to the Dragon Realms, but Gnasty Gnorc is still lurking around the Wumpa Islands. Regardless, he bids farewell to both Crash and Coco and thanked them for their assistance.

Season Event Area

As the female N. Tropy was banished at the end of the previous season, she left open a portal to the Dragon Realms. The portal appeared at the beginning of the season, on top of a stone pillar next to the Season Event Area. It emitted an ominous purple light field and a trophy is floating in front of it, rotating on itself.

At the season's start, the portal broke down after Spyro entered it. Its frame appears ruined, with dark purple crystals sprouting from its base. The gold-encased gem that was on top of the arch replaced the floating trophy, which then floated on the sea next to the pillar. The gem rotated on itself while emitting energy sparks.

Vending Machine Additions

Season 3 added 7 new skins as Daily Deals in the Vending Machine and 7 new ones as Season Offers. The Rainbow skin Season Offers were not available to players living in countries banning same-sex unions.

Daily Deals Skins

Skins	Ajax Crash	Hunter Crash	Moneybags Crash	Dragon Coco
Price	200	100	200	60
Character Skins	Elora Coco	Ripto Coco	Spyro Biker Coco
Price	400	400	100

Season Offers

Skins	Dark Spyro Crash	Gnasty Crash	Prehistoric Rainbow Crash	Rainbow Shirt Crash
Price
Character Skins	Rainbow Viking Crash	Rainbow Berserker Coco	Rainbow Party Coco
Price

Seasonal Challenges

Survival Runs

This season featured the Dino Might! and revamped Bear It Survival Runs.

Mission Board

Most missions were given out by Spyro who needed the traded items to repair and power back the portal to the Dragon Realms. Gnasty Gnorc joined in to taunt the Bandicoots while taking over the islands. Neo Cortex also called for a truce and requested items to craft a Reverse Ray and turn Dark Spyro back into an egg. This tactic distracted Dark Spyro enough for Spyro to finish fixing the portal.

Main article: Mission Board

Week	1	2	3	4	5
Missions	Parts / Weapons	Ingredients	Weapons	Ingredients / Eggs / Weapons	Ingredients / Eggs / Parts
Rewards	140 + 250 + 450	150 + 270 + 560	190 + 310 + 620	230 + 360 + 670	280 + 400 + 720

Seasonal Gangs

Dark Spyro and his gangs invaded Bear It, the Lost City and Road to Ruin. The sky turned pink in Bear It and dark purple in the other levels. Purple crystals sprouted everywhere and crystal particles were floating in the air. Flames in the Lost City and Road to Ruin turned blue. Chunks of lands and towers from the Dragon Realms were sucked in as well and appeared stuck into the cliffs of Bear It or simply floating in the air in the other two levels. Large inactive portals with three purple gemstones also appeared on the sides of the path in Road to Ruin. Lastly, Dark Spyro marked his territory with banners sporting his face and the symbol of Dark Aether.

S06: Nitro Dark Spyro's gang				Bear It
Henchmen								Boss
Lvl 3 100		Lvl 3 100		Lvl 3 100		Lvl 3 100		Lvl 1 200
Pink Elephant		Araknid		Zombot		Iron Crate		Dark Spyro
3 2		3 3		4 2		2 1		3 3 2
Total items needed Ingredients Eggs Weapons 156 112 11 14 6 18 3

S07: Nitro Gnasty Gnorc's gang				Lost City
Henchmen								Boss
Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 1 300
Iron Crate		Zombot		Araknid		Pink Elephant		Gnasty Gnorc
3 1		2 2		2 1		2 1		3 2 1
Total items needed Ingredients Eggs Weapons 88 80 2 10 30 44 2 6 2

S08: Frosty Dr. N. Gin's gang				Road to Ruin
Henchmen								Boss
Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 3 150		Lvl 1 300
Iron Crate		Araknid		Pink Elephant		Zombot		Dr. N. Gin
6 2		3 3		2 1		3 1		3 1 2
Total items needed Ingredients Eggs Weapons 60 39 16 2 9 3 1 56 76 4 10 4

S09: Inferno Koala Kong's gang				Lost City
Henchmen								Boss
Lvl 4 175		Lvl 4 175		Lvl 4 175		Lvl 4 175		Lvl 1 350
Zombot		Araknid		Pink Elephant		Iron Crate		Koala Kong
3 1		3 1		2 2		6 4		4 1 1
Total items needed Ingredients Eggs Weapons 128 119 16 2 6 13 1 64 46 6 5 2 1

S10: Oxide Dark Spyro's gang				Road to Ruin
Henchmen								Boss
Lvl 4 200		Lvl 4 200		Lvl 4 200		Lvl 4 200		Lvl 1 400
Pink Elephant		Araknid		Zombot		Iron Crate		Dark Spyro
2 2		5 1		2 4		1 2		2 3 1
Total items needed Ingredients Eggs Weapons 68 62 32 4 9 4 2 89 52 9 4 5 1

Seasonal Rewards

Pass Rewards

Tiers/Trophies	1 1	2 250	3 500	4 800	5 1100	6 1400	7 1800
Free Pass	10	3	5	2	3	15	15
Bandicoot Pass	50	Bianca Coco	5	4	4	30	3

Tiers/Trophies	8 2200	9 2600	10 3000	11 3500	12 4000	13 4500	14 5250
Free Pass	2	3	Dragon Crash	2	2	15	1
Bandicoot Pass	4	5	Spyro Biker Crash	3	4	30	2

Tiers/Trophies	15 5750	16 6500	17 7250	18 8000	19 9000	20 10000	21 11000
Free Pass	3	60	2	15	2	2	3
Bandicoot Pass	2	30	4	30	4	Cyrus Coco	6

Tiers/Trophies	22 12000	23 13250	24 14750	25 16000	26 17500	27 19250	28 21000
Free Pass	2	2	15	15	2	60	2
Bandicoot Pass	4	4	3	50	3	2	4

Tiers/Trophies	29 23000	30 25000
Free Pass	1	Dark Spyro Coco
Bandicoot Pass	2	Spyro Crash

Team Leaderboards Rewards

Team Rank	Rewards
1	200 + 50 + 50 + 'Bentley Crash + Sorceress Coco
2	100 + 25 + 25 + Bentley Crash + Sorceress Coco
3	50 + 10 + 10 + Bentley Crash + Sorceress Coco
4 - 10	25 + 5 + 5 + Bentley Crash + Sorceress Coco
11 - 50	10 + Sorceress Coco
51 - 100	5

Names In Other Languages

Language	Name
Traditional Chinese	綠龍之戰 Lǜ lóng zhī zhàn
Simplified Chinese	绿龙之战 Lǜ lóng zhī zhàn
French	Bataille des Dragons
German	Kampf der Drachen
Italian	Battaglia dei Draghi
Japanese	ザ・ドラゴンのバトル Za doragon no batoru
Korean	드래곤의 전투 deulaegon-ui jeontu
Portuguese	Batalha Dos Dragões
Russian	Бой Драконов Boy Drakonov
Spanish	La Batalla De Los Dragones
Thai	การต่อสู้ ของ เดอะ ดราก้อน Kār t̀xs̄ū̂ k̄hxng dexa drā k̂xn
Turkish	Ejderhaların Savaşı
Vietnamese	Thần Long Quyết Chiến

Gallery

Promotional Images

Full artwork.

Key artwork with an alternate composition.

Promo image (transparent background version).

Videos

Crash Bandicoot- On the Run! - Season 3 Trailer - Battle of the Dragons

Launch trailer.

In-Game

The Event Area before the season's start.

The Event Area during the season.

New Skins

Ajax Crash

Bentley Crash

Dark Spyro Crash

Dragon Crash

Gnasty Gnorc Crash

Hunter Crash

Moneybags Crash

Prehistoric Rainbow Crash

Rainbow Shirt Crash

Rainbow Viking Crash

Spyro Crash

Spyro Biker Crash

Bianca Coco

Cyrus Coco

Dark Spyro Coco

Dragon Coco

Elora Coco

Rainbow Coco

Rainbow Berserker Coco

Rainbow Party Coco

Ripto Coco

Sorceress Coco

Spyro Biker Coco

Trivia

• While the developers planned to have a Spyro season from the start, they didn't want to have Crash and Coco fight Spyro, and so added Dark Spyro instead as a Battle Run boss. They also managed to add Gnasty Gnorc as an additional boss battle for the season and to give more variety to boss attacks.
• The developers adopted the idea that Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! also takes place in the center of a multiverse where all Spyro games happened. This season sticks to character designs from Spyro Reignited Trilogy. The conflict between Spyro and Dark Spyro is directly inspired from their battle in Skylanders Academy. Furthermore, Dark Spyro's emblem is the symbol of Dark Aether from The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, where the character was first introduced to the series.