Do you ever cross the road and think, ‘man, this is boring. I sure wish a rainbow pig would run past me’? Probably not, but how much fun does that sound? And that’s just one of several wacky things that might happen to you when playing Crossy Road. While the name implies the game is all about crossing the street, it’s a bit more than that. For one, you get to venture through snowy terrain and rivers too.
Crossy Road is full of many weird and wonderful mascots that are just waiting to go on some fun journeys with you. However, not all of them present themselves to you on a silver platter. No, if you want to hang out with the Crossy Road secret characters, you need to prove your worth. Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can chill with a Hipster Whale or Robot Dog.
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Crossy Road secret characters
Unlike unlocking regular Crossy Road characters, this mysterious bunch are only obtainable through unique means, instead of pulling them from the prize machine.
| Name | How to unlock |
| Ace | Collect 50 burgers as Rocky |
| Andy Sum | You must score 85% of your current high score while playing as Mallard |
| Anglerfish | There are several steps to unlocking Anglerfish, and all must be done with any ocean character
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| Ben Weatherall | Playing as The Dark Lord, you must achieve at least 85% of your current high score |
| Best in Show | Play as any of the dog characters then stuff your face with food. Keep going until this secret mascot is unlocked |
| Bones | When playing as Palaeontologist, you must collect one of each fossil type:
Then once you die, Bones becomes available |
| Blinky | To unlock Blinky, Pac-Man must crush you when playing as Inky, Clyde, Pac-Chicken, or Pinky |
| Cai Shen | You must collect 20 red envelopes when playing as Fortune Chicken, Fire Monkey, The Three Deities, Xi, New Year’s Doll, Hot Pot, or the Chinese Monster |
| Cat Lady | Using any cat character, eat nine yellow fish that appear on the grass |
| Chinese Monster | When playing as the New Year’s Doll you must catch up to the Chinese Monster, start another run afterwards to unlock the character |
| Clown | You need to collect ten to 15 coins when playing as The Hand |
| Clyde | In one power pallet session, when playing as Pac-Man, you must consume at least seven ghosts |
| Coconut Water | When playing as a Tourist you must collect at least five coconut waters in one run, doing so unlocks this secret character upon death |
| Crab | There are multiple steps to unlocking the Crab. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter which character you use
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| Dragon Rider | Complete the Pecking Order challenge to unlock Snow King, then play as Snow King in at least seven runs to unlock Dragon Rider |
| Drop Bear | When playing as any Australian character, you need to encounter Drop Bear on a run, let it kill you, then it unlocks after the run |
| Gingerbread Man | You need to play, and die, a few times as the Wolf. After this, the Gingerbread Man appears, jump on it, then the character becomes available after finishing the run |
| Gifty | Playing as the Festive Chicken, you must charge into the Christmas Tree on a snowy level |
| Halfling | When playing as any New Zealand character, you must jump into eight small gold rings across multiple runs. These don’t pop up very often, so unlocking the Halfling may take a while |
| Hipster Whale | Every now and then, the Hipster Whale appears instead of a log, seize the opportunity and jump on it. Do so, and you get the character at the end of the run |
| Iceberg | Dunk all Arctic mascots into the river |
| Inky | Score 3,000 points as Pac-Man. This can be done across multiple runs |
| Leprechaun | When playing as any character from the UK and Ireland, you must collect a four-leaf clover. A soft ‘ding’ noise can be heard when on a run, indicting the clover has spawned |
| Marmalade | Unlocking Marmalade requires collecting the following items in one run:
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| Matt Hall | Playing as Lucky Cat, you must achieve at least 85% of your current high score |
| Merlady | Cross a river as a non-ocean character, then jump back two logs and fall off |
| Michael Boom | Using any mascot, you need to find the rocket truck at the end of your run and crash into it |
| Moon Rock | When on a meteor flow run, make sure you play as a space character and get hit by a rock |
| Nessie | When playing as a character from the UK and Ireland, stop by a river and wait for Nessie to show up, jump on its back to unlock the character |
| Piffle Ball | You need to collect piffle items across multiple runs until the character unlocks |
| Pineapple | Play as a Piffle update character, such as Piffle Ball, and wait by an empty lane for a truck to show up with a pineapple on it. Collide with the track to get the character |
| Pinky | Collect a cherry when playing as Pac-Man |
| Pro Gamer | You must play as any Korean character and score 80 points, while getting an actions per minute score of at least 150 |
| Purple Bloop | Play as a grablin character and beat another that’s at least level 35. Then, upon death, you get Purple Bloop |
| Phone Box | You must play as a character from the UK and Ireland, then, when in a large clearing, follow the ringing to find the booth. Upon death, you get the character |
| Robot Dog | When using any space character, track down a yellow duck |
| Rugby Player | Collect four nuts and a rugby ball while playing as the Squirrel |
| Seal | Complete all five trash-collecting missions on the snowy terrain with the Polar Bear to unlock this character |
| Space Walker | Jump on the Hipster Whale when playing as any space character |
| The King of All Cosmos | Play as The Prince of All Cosmos and collect as many items as you can. Eventually, the new character becomes available |
| The Princess of All Cosmos | Play as The Prince of All Cosmos and collect as many items as you can. Eventually, the new character becomes available |
| The Queen of All Cosmos | When playing as The King of All Cosmos turn items into rainbows, do this until the new character unlocks |
| The Totem | When playing as Ida, a Crow, or the Storyteller, the top of The Totem floats downstream, jump on it to unlock the character |
| Waffles | Just play the game as normal until a rainbow pig turns into a waffle, approach it to unlock the character |
| Yeti | Playing as a Christmas update character, listen out for the sound of snowballs. Follow the noise and be killed by Yetis throwing snowballs, this unlocks the character |
| Big Fancy Pig | Play as Blue and collect six green chips |
| Too Much Candy | Playing as any character, find and jump into a brown river |
There you have it, every Crossy Road secret character, and how to unlock them. If you’re sick of looking both ways and crossing the street, perhaps a journey through luscious landscapes with our picks for the best mobile RPGs would make a nice change.