The Life Crate is a crate which releases one life. "Life Crate" is an unofficial name, and their official name changes depending on the game or the character depicted on the side; for example, crates with Crash's face are officially referred to as Crash Crates[1][2].
When the player character dies, any Life Crates broken before reaching the next checkpoint come back as ? Crates. This lasts until the player exits or restarts the level. Life Crates in bonus rounds and flashback tapes are an exception to this rule, as they never change into ? Crates.
Typically, Crash Bandicoot's face is displayed on the sides of the crate. In Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Twinsanity, and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, the other playable characters have their mugs on life crates as well.
Crash Crates also appear in Skylanders: Imaginators, occasionally summoned through Crash's tertiary attack, Crate Going. They grant him an extra life, a mechanic unique to Crash in that game.
In Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Crash Crates appear only in Retro Mode. They contain both an extra life and a Golden Wumpa Fruit, which awards the player with 25 Wumpa Fruit. If the player dies after breaking one, it will respawn as a Golden Wumpa Crate, containing only the Golden Wumpa Fruit. All Crash Crates are replaced with Golden Wumpa Crates when playing in Modern Mode. There are also two crates in Rush Hour that spawn as Golden Wumpa Crates by default, even in Retro Mode. Despite the game having multiple playable characters, Crash Crates are used for all of them.
Other Names[]
- Free Life Box - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back strategy guide
Descriptions[]
Crash Bandicoot[]
- Manual
"If you see a box with a heroic-type mug on it, it's usually containing a 1-UP for Crash. Collect this to earn a free life."
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back[]
- Manual
"If you see a box with a handsome and heroic-type mug on it, it should contain a 1-UP for Crash. Collect this to earn a free life."
- Dimension Publishing strategy guide
"No-brainer here - smash these boxes for a free life."[3]
Crash Bandicoot (99X)[]
- Manual
"Smash this and Crash gets another life."
Crash Bandicoot: Warped[]
- Manual
"Get an extra life."
- Prima strategy guide
"Another rare find is the Crash Crate. Each has a free life inside."
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex[]
- Manual
"An extra life in every box! On levels with Coco these crates will be replaced with Coco Crates."
- Bradygames strategy guide
"There's an extra life in every box."
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure[]
- Manual
"Break these open and collect the Crash head to get a free life!"
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure[a] & Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced[]
- Manual
"An extra life in every box!"
- N-Tranced - Prima strategy guide
"Collect the floating Crash head for an extra life."
Crash Twinsanity[]
- Prima strategy guide
"Break crates with Crash's handsome mug on them to earn one extra life. As you might expect, these are some of the handiest crates in the entire game. They're often the reward for making a tricky jump or figuring out a puzzle."
Appearances[]
- Crash Bandicoot
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
- Crash Bandicoot (99X)
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
- Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
- Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
- Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (as a card)
- Crash Twinsanity
- Skylanders: Imaginators
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Gallery[]
Names in other languages[]
- Crash Crate
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 克瑞許箱[4] Kè ruì xǔ xiāng |
| Danish | Crash Kasse[5] |
| Dutch | Crashdoos |
| Finnish | Crash-laatikko[6] |
| French | Caisse Crash |
| German | Crash-Kiste |
| Greek | Κουτιά με τον Crash[7] Koutiá me ton Crash |
| Italian | Cassa Crash Cassa di Crash (Purple)[b] |
| Japanese | 1UPばこ[8] 1UP箱 (N-T)[9] クラッシュばこ (Purple)[b] 1UPbako Kurasshu bako (Purple) |
| Korean | 1UP 상자[10] 1UP sangja |
| Norwegian | Crash-kasse[11] |
| Portuguese | Caixas do Crash[12] |
| Spanish | Caja Crash |
| Swedish | Crash-låda[13] |
- Coco Crate
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 可可箱[4] Kěkě xiāng |
| Danish | Coco Kasse[5] |
| Finnish | Coco-laatikko[6] |
| Norwegian | Coco-kasse[11] |
| Swedish | Coco-låda[13] |
Notes[]
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Crash_Bandicoot_2_Cortex_Strikes_Back_1998_Sony_US_SCUS-94154/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/ps2_Crash_Bandicoot-_The_Wrath_of_Cortex_USA/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/crash-2-dimension-guide/IMG_20250523_0005.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://archive.org/details/wrath-of-cortex-taiwan/IMG_20240510_0009.jpg
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n43/mode/2up
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n51/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sces-00967-es-it-pt-gr-manual/SCES-00967-%28Es%2CIt%2CPt%2CGr%29-M020.jpg
- ↑ https://ia804605.us.archive.org/7/items/crash-bandicoot-2-cortexs-counterattack-japanese-manual/Crash%20Bandicoot%202%20Japanese%20Manual%20-%200001%20-%200020.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/japan-ntranced-guide/IMG_20240813_0007.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/return-of-the-demon-king/IMG_20240315_0013.jpg
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n35/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sces-00967-es-it-pt-gr-manual/SCES-00967-%28Es%2CIt%2CPt%2CGr%29-M013.jpg
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n27/mode/2up
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