Ammo Crate

SS3 C-4
SS3 rockets
SS4 C-4
SS4 rockets
SS4 supplies
SS4 parachute

Ammo Crate

General information

Type

Supply crate

Affiliation

Earth Defense Force

Usage

Made by

Earth Defense Force

Used by

Sam Stone
Any playable character (Co-op mode)
Earth Defense Force soldiers

Game information

Entity name

AmmoCrate_Explosives
AmmoCrate_Rockets

The ammo crate is a box filled with military supplies. Several varieties of crates exist, and the type of item they resupply is indicative of their color. They can supply C-4 charges, rockets, health, or armor, the latter of the two only appearing in Serious Sam 3: BFE. The crate first appears in Serious Sam 3, and makes a second appearance in Serious Sam 4.

Overview[]

Ammo crates are objects that contain military surplus that have been manufactured by the Earth Defense Force. The crates use an unknown generator technology to resupply the crates, as depicted by a diagram on the underside of the crate's lid.^[1] The color of the crate depends on its contents:

Green crates contain rockets.
Dark red crates contain C-4 Demolition Charges.
White crates contain health, ammo, and armor. The health and armor obtained from these crates will always max out at 100 (200 on lower difficulties).
Black crates supply the user with a parachute.

The white and black variants only appear in Serious Sam 4.

When an ammo crate is opened, it will completely refill the specified ammo that's shown on the box. The box will then close, which can then be reopened to get more ammo. It never runs out of ammo. In co-op, it will refill the ammo type for everyone, no matter who opens it.

Appearances[]

Serious Sam 3: BFE[]

The first ammo crate that appears in the campaign is seen in No Place to Hide after Sam obtains the rocket launcher needed to take down the pursuing Technopolyp. The second crate, a C-4 crate, appears in Unearthing the Sun during the Khnum boss fight. Many more crates appear sparingly throughout the later levels.

Jewel of the Nile[]

A C-4 crate appears in the abandoned military base in the second Jewel of the Nile level, Together Forever. The player is required to take C-4 from this crate and use it to destroy the metal gate blocking the path to Abu Simbel. Several more C-4 crates appear in Born Again, in the large open area where the player fights Raahloom, the Imposing Prototype, who is notably weak to C-4.

Serious Sam 4[]

Crates filled with C-4 first appear in Gates of Hell, and then scattered in the later levels. The rocket crates are much rarer than the latter, only appearing in From Earth With Love. The white and black crates are used during the fight against Ugh-Zan VI.

Tactics[]

When the player is fighting an enemy that's vulnerable to explosives, they should try to find an ammo crate and note its location in case they run out of explosives and need to grab more.
Ammo crates are also handy for filing up ammo to use for clearing out large groups of enemies, such as restocking on C-4 charges to lay traps and getting extra rocket ammo to clear out groups of enemies without having to use ammo for other weapons.

Trivia[]

The ammo crate behaves virtually identical to the items of the same name that appear in Half-Life 2, its episodes, and Half-Life: Alyx. Like the crates that appear in the games, the ones in the Half-Life series also provide the player with an unlimited supply of ammo.
When the player opens an ammo crate and collects the items from it, it will randomly play one of the four generic weapon pickup sounds from Serious Sam 2.