Crash Bandicoot/Items

The most common collectable item in Crash is the Wumpa Fruit. Collect 100 of them to get an extra life, after which the count resets toward the next extra life. Wumpa Fruit are either loose or found in boxes, which can contain a variety of other items or effects.

Boxes
Spread across the levels you will find many boxes, which you will have to break with a jump or a spin to collect their contents. By breaking all the boxes in a level (except of course the indestructible ones), you will eventually get a gem. The types of boxes that Crash can encounter are as follows:
 * Common boxes: Contain a single Wumpa Fruit.
 * Elastic boxes: By repeatedly jumping on these boxes, you will get a Wumpa Fruit with each jump until they break. Hitting them with a twist will get you nothing.
 * ? boxes: The contents of these boxes are unknown. Bonus round tokens can be found in certain ? boxes.
 * Crash boxes: Contain an extra life.
 * Aku Aku boxes: These boxes contain a mask of the sorcerer Aku Aku, who will follow you and protect you once from an enemy attack. Collecting two will give you double the protection, and with the third mask, you will become invincible for a short period of time.
 * TNT boxes: Jumping on these boxes will activate a 3 second timer, after which the box explodes, so move quickly. Their explosion destroys any nearby crates, so make sure to collect any valuables before activating them, as they also count toward the box total necessary for the gem. Hitting the TNT box with a spin causes the box to explode instantly, causing Crash to lose a life if he doesn't have an Aku Aku mask.
 * C boxes (checkpoint): When you lose a life, you will restart the level from the last C box reached.
 * Metal boxes: They are indestructible.
 * Jumping boxes: By jumping on the boxes marked with an arrow, you can jump higher. You can only destroy them with a spin.
 * Metal jumping boxes: They have the same purpose as normal jumping boxes, but they are indestructible.
 * ! boxes: By hitting these metal boxes, something inside the level will change. Their effect can be temporary or permanent. They usually make new boxes appear that were previously invisible.

Tokens
There are three types of tokens that can be collected to access the game's many bonus rounds. In the original game, clearing them successfully allows you to save your game and obtain a password. In the N. Sane Trilogy remake, clearing them will apply any collectables obtained in the bonus round (such as boxes, Wumpa Fruits, and extra lives) toward the level. The three types of tokens and corresponding bonus rounds are listed below.