Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex features four elemental masks: Rok-Ko, Wa-Wa, Py-Ro, and Lo-Lo. Each mask controls a different natural element—earth, water, fire, or air—and together they provide the power for Cortex’s superweapon, Crunch Bandicoot.
The Elementals are renegade mask spirits awakened by Uka Uka. Long before the game’s events, they caused disasters including earthquakes, floods, volcanic destruction, and an Ice Age. Ancient civilizations eventually imprisoned them with special Crystals, leaving the masks dormant until Cortex and his allies revived them.
The four masks are villains, unlike Aku Aku, who helps Crash, and they should not be confused with the four Quantum Masks introduced in Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. In The Wrath of Cortex, Crash and Coco travel through the game’s worlds to collect Crystals and return the Elementals to hibernation. The masks’ four names correspond to their domains: Rok-Ko is earth, Wa-Wa is water, Py-Ro is fire, and Lo-Lo is air.