1-Up Chest

1-Up Chest
First appearance	Spyro the Dragon (game) (1998)
Latest appearance	Crash Team Rumble (2023)
Location(s)	Dragon Realms
Effect	Unleashes a Silver Dragon Statue

1-Up Chests are an object found in Spyro the Dragon. They are purple-scaled chests that contain a silver dragon statue representing an extra life. An unidentifiable creature inside within the 1-Up Chest, and it is only seen by its eyes. In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy remake, its eye color is light blue, and it has six purple, monster-like fingers, three on each side. Spyro can break open a 1-Up Chest to obtain the dragon statue within.

Locations and uses

1-Up Chests can be found in various realms and home worlds, the first one being found in the hedge maze near Dark Hollow. Each time the chest opens itself, a pair of eyes can be seen looking around before the chest closes shut again, hinting that a creature may reside inside. If broken open, the 1-Up Chests reveal a silver dragon statue inside, which will grant Spyro an extra life if collected.

See also

Main article: Butterfly Bottle

The successor to the 1-Up Chest as of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!.

Gallery

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  A 1-Up Chest in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy remake
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  The "Life Chest" backpack in Crash Team Rumble

Trivia

• The 1-Up Chests resemble the purple scales that belong to Spyro.
• In several prototype builds, the 1-Ups statues are golden, whilst in the final game they are silver.