Battle of the Dragons

The Battle of the Dragons event banner

Battle of the Dragons was a limited-time season event in the mobile game, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!. It features Spyro and two of his notorious enemies, Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc. It started on June 10, 2021 and ended on July 12th the following month.

Details

During Season 2, Dr. N. Tropy was banished and left open a portal to the Dragon Realms, letting in the dastardly Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc – who have since taken over three Spyro-themed lands. The much loved hero soon followed, but the portal to the Dragon Realm was broken in the process. It’s now up to Crash Bandicoot and Coco to defeat Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc and help Spyro repair the Dragon Portal.

Season 3: Battle of the Dragons adds a twelfth land called Upstream, which contains four battle runs, a collection run, one time trial and two challenge runs. Upstream debuted in the original Crash Bandicoot from 1996. In addition to the Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc bosses, players will also be able to battle N. Gin and Koala Kong. Players can also complete new weekly missions to earn trophies, compete on the new seasonal leaderboard and complete the Bandicoot Pass to earn exclusive skins and rewards.

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Videos

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Images

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  Battle of the Dragons banner art sketches
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  Dragon Portal season prop sketches
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  Dragon Portal season prop art
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  Store icon for Crash: On The Run for Season 3 event.
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  Banner of the "Battle of the Dragons" Season 3 event.
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  Spyro as depicted in Crash: On The Run.
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  Crash battling Koala Kong with Dark Spyro banners around them.
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  Spyro the Dragon's Crash: On The Run character card
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  Dark Spyro's Crash: On The Run character card
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  Gnasty Gnorc's Crash: On The Run character card

Trivia

• Remnants of towers from High Caves can be spotted around the sidelines of the Lost City battle runs.
• For this event, character costume skins based on various Spyro characters were made for Crash Bandicoot and Coco: Spyro, Dark Spyro, Cyrus, Ajax, Bianca, Gnasty Gnorc, Ripto, Sorceress, Hunter the Cheetah, and Elora.
• Malefor was considered as a season boss for the Battle of the Dragons event but Dark Spyro was chosen instead.
• During the Battle of the Dragons event, Dr. Neo Cortex called a truce and offered Crash and Coco to create a Reverse Ray to turn Dark Spyro into a harmless dragon egg if they brought him enough ingame materials. The plan was successful, with Cortex having Dark Spyro on the run and allowing Spyro and the others to collect more energy and parts to repair the Dragon Portal.