Crate



Crates are boxes which appear in Splatoon's and Splatoon 2's single-player modes, Octo Valley, Octo Canyon and Octo Expansion. Crates may contain items such as Power Eggs, Sunken Scrolls, Armor, Canned Specials, or nothing at all. Crates are also found in Two-player balloon battles, where they contain Canned Specials.

Description
Crates are common features found both in Octo Valley and Battle Dojo. They appear in four varieties: small and plain, small and decorated, large and plain, and large and decorated. Plain crates are made of light brown wooden planks, while decorated crates are made of darker orange planks and covered in insignias and stickers. In Octo Valley and Octo Canyon, the decorated crates have the Cuttlegear logo on them, while in Octo Expansion decorated crates are adorned with the Kamabo Co. logo. Crates often appear solo, in groups, or stacked, and may even support Octarians perched on top.

In Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion, a new type of crate is added. This crate is called the Target Crate, and functions similar to the brand new Target Balloons. The Target crates are neon green, with a multicolored target printed on each side. Whereas regular crates are made of wood, the Target Crates appear to be some sort of plastic or fabric material stretched across a metal cuboid frame.

Crates can be destroyed easily by being splattered with ink. When broken, decorated crates may reveal collectibles such as Power Eggs and Sunken Scrolls, while plain crates contain nothing. Target Crates usually contain nothing, and have to be broken to open doors, reveal secrets, or pass tests.

Appearances
As they would most likely to appear with a Sardinium or Sunken Scrolls, the armored crates also appear to be a regular crate with nothing inside when broken, such as the path block of finding the kettle for Sunset Octocopter which has an armored crate attempting to block the path.

Armored crates
Armored crates can be seen in Octo Canyon and Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2. This crate is different than a normal crate because it takes more ink to get the crate destroyed. The crate seems to be armored with tape attached to the crate.

Salmon Run
During the Mothership, Chinooks will fly around the stage dropping a white crate, which looks like a styrofoam packing cooler. The crate has blue lights flashing inside, but will turn into a shade of red overtime once placed. Once it shades red, a common Salmonid will jump out of the crate. They will keep spawning inside the crate until the crate is destroyed. The crates can be destroyed very easily.

Trivia

 * Octarians can destroy crates with their own ink. If there are Power Eggs inside them and the Octarian destroys it, the player will not receive the Power Eggs.
 * This is required in one of Octo Expansions missions to progress the level, during the Villi Phase.
 * In Octo Canyon, the Octarians ink doesn't effect the decorated crates, but can damage the normal crates.