An Activation Crate is a crate used in Crash Nitro Kart and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled to set traps, such as trap doors, obstacles, and magnets. It looks exactly like the ! crate, except wooden. In Crash Nitro Kart, Activation crates are found in eight of the thirteen race tracks (61.5%), and in three of the five battle arenas (60%). In the original game, each track with an activation crate has only one such crate. Every activation crate from Crash Nitro Kart returns in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, where a second activation crate is added to Electron Avenue. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled also includes an activation crate in Nina's Nightmare, an original track. The functions vary from track to track, and are described below. The crate is also seen in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!, where it can be used to change things on the path ahead.

Tracks[]

Tiny Temple[]

The activation crate changes which torches breathe fire and which do not.

Before the activation crate is broken.

After the activation crate is broken.

Meteor Gorge[]

The activation crate toggles a ramp between inactive and active.

The ramp is in the inactive position, where it acts as a bump.

Upon breaking the activation crate, the ramp is now active and will send racers in the air with a speed boost.

Barin Ruins[]

The activation crate causes a large boulder to roll in the middle of the tube.

Before the activation crate is broken.

After the activation crate is broken, the boulder is ready to be dropped by the robot.

Out of Time[]

The activation crate is located very early in the lap, and can in fact be seen from the starting line. There are two ramps, side by side, and the activation crate toggles which is active and inactive.

The left ramp is active.

Now the right ramp is active.

Clockwork Wumpa[]

Breaking the activation crate will cause a trapdoor shortly after the crate to open up into a hole that racers can fall through. Unlike in most tracks, everything goes back to normal on its own, not by breaking the crate again.

The ground is intact before the activation crate is broken.

The ground opens up after the activation crate is broken.

Thunder Struck[]

The activation crate is located very close to the end of the lap. It toggles which of two nearby statues are actively hammering the ground.

The left statue is hammering the ground.

Now the right statue is hammering the ground.

Assembly Lane[]

Breaking the activation crate will cause the giant magnet to travel to a new location.

Before the crate is broken, the magnet is in its fixed position.

Now the magnet is moving to the left.

Electron Avenue[]

The activation crate toggles which turbo pad is active and which is inactive. In Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, a second activation crate is added, toggling the active pad between a different set of turbo pads.

The right side is an active turbo pad, while the left side is inactive.

Now the left side is active and the right side is inactive.

The new second activation crate added in Nitro-Fueled.

Pretty much the same as the first.

Nina's Nightmare[]

The activation crate changes whether the pumpkin monster stomps on the left path or right path of the track.

Before the crate is broken, the pumpkin monster stomps on the right path, creating crushing hazards.

After the crate is broken, the pumpkin monster swaps sides.

Battle Arenas[]

Desert Storm[]

The activation crate, located on a floating island in between the main centre platform and one of the four side ramps, causes the roof of the main platform to descend and crush anyone on it.

Magnetic Mayhem[]

The activation crates cause pistons in the roof to extend, bringing down a flat sheet of metal to crush anyone in the middle of the arena.

Terra Drome[]

The activation crate, located at the top of the ramp, causes fire to shoot out of holes in the pit in the centre.

Descriptions[]

Crash Nitro Kart[]

• Manual

"These crates don't give you anything when you drive through them. Instead, they activate a trap to slow down the other racers! Crash through them at the right time to see your opponents flattened, burned, or rolled over. These crates are marked with an exclamation point."

Appearances[]

• Crash Nitro Kart
• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
• Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

Gallery[]

An Activation Crate from Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!.

The crate team badge from On the Run!.

Crates

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