Life Crate

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 Crateshttps://archive.org/details/Crash_Bandicoot_2_Cortex_Strikes_Back_1998_Sony_US_SCUS-94154/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://archive.org/details/ps2_Crash_Bandicoot-_The_Wrath_of_Cortex_USA/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater.
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.
Life 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, Life 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 Life 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.
==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."
===Crash Bandicoot (99X)===
*Manual
"Smash this and Crash gets another life."
===Crash Bandicoot: Warped===
*Manual
"Get an extra life."
===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 AdventureThe Huge Adventure manual erroneously contains two descriptions for Crash Crates - one on page 12, the second on page 14. & 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==
crashcratecrash2.png|A life crate from Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back's instruction manual
Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back Crash Crate.png|A life crate from Cortex Strikes Back
Crash and Aku Crates.png|A life crate next to an Aku Aku Crate
crash 2 japanese crash crate.png
99x crash crate.png|A Crash Crate in Crash Bandicoot for the 99X
Coco crate.png|Coco's in The Wrath of Cortex
Crunch crate.png|Crunch's life crate in N-Tranced
Crash Bandicoot Purple Ripto's Rampage Life Crate.png|Crash Bandicoot Life Crate sprite from Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
JP twinsanity render crates 2.png|Renders of various crates from the Japanese Twinsanity manual
Cortex crate.png|Cortex's life crate in Crash Twinsanity
Nina crate.png|Nina's life crate in Crash Twinsanity
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Crash Bandicoot Life Crate.png|A life crate from the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
==Names in Other Languages==
;Crash Crate
==Notes==
es:Cajas de vida
fr:Caisse Crash
hr:Kutija sa životom
ja:1UPばこ
pl:Skrzynia z Życiem
ru:Ящик жизни
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Category:Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Category:Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
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Category:Crash Twinsanity
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