Crust Cove

**Crust Cove** is the ninth level in Pizza Tower, and the first level of the Vacation Resort.

It starts off in a cove area and then transitions into a beach at sunset with pink sand. Later on in the level, there is also a cruise ship area.

The level's titlecard shows an ancestor of Peppino in a pirate-like chef outfit inside of a messy ship, swordfighting a goblin from outside.

## Enemies

* **Cannon Pizza Goblin**
* **Pineacool**
* **Spit Cheese**
* **Captain Pizza Goblin**
* **Treasure Chest Guy**
* Cheeseslime

## Mechanics

### Gimmicks

* **Dangerous Water**
* **Water Current**
* **Cannon Goblinbot**
* Dash Pad

## Collectables

* Mushroom Toppin
* Cheese Toppin
* Tomato Toppin
* Sausage Toppin
* Pineapple Toppin
* Tower Secret Treasure
* Pumpkin

The first Toppin is in the second room of the stage. When the player begins running across the hazardous water, they must take the lower route to collect it.

The second Toppin is located in the first Barrel section after the player clears the transformation. It is behind a Breakable Block on the left side, at the top of the platforms with Cannon Goblins on them.

The third Toppin is located during the Captain Goblin section, out in the open. A Treasure Guy is also underneath it.

The fourth Toppin is in the section that also has the third secret, where the player outruns cannonballs. Descending either ladder to the lower portion of this area reveals the Toppin sitting out in the open.

The final Toppin is located during Pizza Time in a barrel segment where it is nearly impossible to skip.

Gerome is located in the room where the player can enter doors to the Key section or later section of the stage. He is in a clearing in the ceiling above where the key section's door and a Cannon Goblin are. The player can break through by running on the right wall. The door to the  is located in the second room of the stage, around its middle. The player needs to roll through a small one-block tall divot in the wall to get to it. The door is hidden to the player otherwise.

Pumpkin is located after the first Captain Pizza Goblin section, at the end of Current Water chain.

## Secrets

* First Secret
* Second Secret
* Third Secret

The first secret is right above the large platform stack of Cannon Goblins, where the player also gets the Cheese Toppin. Super jumping, throwing a cannon goblin up into it, or running up the ceiling's gap breaks a block and reveals the secret.

In this secret, the player uses Barrel Peppino to roll through obstacles.

The second secret is in a hidden breakable wall during the Captain Goblin section. When the player begins to run across water, they must not yet jump up to the rest of the stage, and must continue going forward.

In this secret, the player must turn while retaining speed on long platforms of hazardous water.

In the segment that leads up to the room with Pillar John in it, the player will encounter a Cannon Goblinbot underneath a semisolid platform with a Stupid Rat behind it. The player must parry the cannonballs to reflect one at the rat and reveal the secret behind it.

In this secret, three cannonballs must be parried to destroy all of the rats.

## Trivia

* The person in the title card has been confirmed by Mcpig to be one of Peppino's ancestors and not Peppino himself, therefore making this level one of the only levels to not include Peppino in the titlecard.
* The pink sand in the beach section of the level is inspired by an image of a pink beach on Komodo Island.
* This level was at first titled **Pineapple Beach** in BeachandForestv1, then temporarily titled **Plage** in PT\_Eggplantv15 before getting its final name.
	+ The final name was planned to be something else. However, during one of McPig's development streams, a Twitch user suggested a different name, which ended up sticking.
	+ Not much is known about said scrapped title, other than it containing the word "Crust".
* All of the Treasure Chest Guys are hidden throughout the level:
	+ At the beginning of the level.
	+ At the beginning of the second room, at the top of the left cliff.
	+ Near Tower Secret Treasure door, at the top of the platform.
	+ During the first Captain Pizza Goblin room, below Toppin cage.
	+ In a pit before the barrel after the long water slide section and Cannon Goblinbots.
	+ At the end of the long Cannon Goblinbot room, on top of the platform up the ladder.
	+ During Pizza Time, near the second priest the player encounters.
* This level, alongside GOLF, has the highest score threshold for S ranks with a 23000 point requirement.
* This is the first level that introduces Piraneapple as a hazard when a player touches the dangerous water.
* Upon entering this stage, the game's window will rename itself to "Party time in the Pizza Tower".

## Gallery

### Regular sprites

Background #1. A cove with holes and a smiling starfish on the walls.Background #2. A sunny beach with two Flying Anchovies.Background decoration #1. Balloon.Background decoration #2. Pink sand.Background decoration #3. Waterfall.Background #3. The walls of the cruise ship, lined with pipes.Breakable Block sprites.
### Hub assets

Level gate. An archway made out of pink sand with wood on the floor and coming from inside the gate.Level gate background. A cove with holes.Level gate background decoration #1. Pink ground.Level gate background decoration #2. Water.Level's title card.Level's name in Chef Tasks room.Level's icon on Pizza Granny sign.