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==Purpose==

==Items==

The dungeons that Link visits are home to valuable items and treasures for Link to collect, ranging from item upgrades to unique tools and weapons. Many of these items will prove to be essential to the completion of Link's goals. With the exception of {{TAoL}}, almost every dungeon that Link encounters contains a set of items usable only in that dungeon. These include a [[Dungeon Map]], which displays the layout of the dungeon (but may still omit certain secret rooms). The original use of the [[Compass]] was to display the location of the boss of the dungeon, but as the games moved into a 3D style it has come to also pinpoint hidden secrets within the dungeon. The [[Key#Boss Key|Big Key]] is used to open specially locked doors (and sometimes chests). It is sometimes called the [[Key#Boss Key|Boss Key]] since its use usually signals that the boss fight is about to occur.

==={{TAoL|-}}===

==={{ALttP|-}}===

{{ALttP}} returned to the fully top-down perspective, going back to the series' roots, thus removing the platform and side-scrolling elements that featured heavily in {{TAoL|-}}. However, they still suffered some alterations, as they have become multi-leveled, the puzzles are more complex and they are less focused on defeating enemies. Because of the game's use of the Light/Dark dichotomy, some dungeons in the Dark World are in the exact same places with dungeons located in the Light World. The dungeons also start featuring Big Keys, required to open the main dungeon items' chests and to access the bosses' rooms.

==={{OoT|-}}===

Though not included in the original release of the game for the [[Nintendo 64]], the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] release of {{OoT|-}} carries a [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time#Ports and Remakes|Master Quest]], which is a similar revisiting of the game to that of the [[Second Quest]] from the original {{TLoZ}}. One major difference of note between the second quest and the "Master Quest" (from ''Zelda'' and {{OoT|-}}, respectively) is that, in the second quest from {{TLoZ|-}}, both the [[Wikipedia:Overworld|overworld]] ''and'' dungeons undergo radical changes, but in {{MQ|-}}, only the dungeons change, offering new puzzles and traps, as well as different locations for the items within and stronger enemies introduced sooner. For {{OoT3D|-}}, ''Master Quest'' is implemented with the same cartridge, and made even more difficult due to it being mirrored east-west (like {{TP|-}} for the Wii) and making enemies inflict twice as much damage as before.

{{MM}} employs the same game engine used for {{OoT|-}}, but so far has not offered a second quest. In fact, the game's dungeons are the lowest in number in the series: four main temples, with two mandatory mini-dungeons. However, they are more complex in various aspects, and they are thematically unique (the [[Great Bay Temple|third dungeon]], for example, serves as a waterwheel factory, while the first one is a [[Woodfall Temple|temple of stone and wood]] used by the [[Deku]] for their worship). One of the new elements is the game's time-based gameplay device, which makes the dungeons resettable, meaning that all the puzzles solved, enemies defeated and keys obtained are reverted every time Link travels back in time (he retains the Map and Compass). However, when cleared for the first time, they allow Link to directly confront the bosses through the warp spots that activate in the dungeons' entrance rooms. Likewise, [[Stray Fairy|stray fairies]] can be collected in these dungeons so that Link can return them to the fountains they belong to, in exchange for special rewards. The game's first three dungeons require Link's new respective forms ([[Deku Link|Deku]], [[Goron Link|Goron]] and [[Zora Link|Zora]]) to be completed, while in the [[Stone Tower Temple|fourth one]], Link makes use of all of them to reach [[Twinmold|the temple's boss]]; all main temple items in this game also pertain to the [[Bow]].

The handheld games {{OoS}} and {{OoA}} retain the top-down perspective from the earlier 2D games. Additionally, thanks to the [[Linked Game]] feature, the overall quest between the two games offers a total of '''sixteen''' dungeons, a record only seen previously in the first {{TLoZ|-}} game with both Quests.

==={{TWW|-}}===

[[File:Forsaken Fortress TWW.jpg|thumb|left|The inside of the [[Forsaken Fortress]] as seen in {{TWW|-}}]]

==={{TMC|-}}===

==={{TP|-}}===

==={{PH|-}} and {{ST|-}}===

{{PH}} (the sequel to {{TWW|-}}) and {{ST}} once again use cel-shading and similar puzzle elements. A new addition to the series with these games is the almost-exclusive use of the [[wikipedia:Stylus|stylus]]. The stylus is used for movement, swordplay, using items and picking up objects. For instance, the player can use the stylus to control the movement of Link's [[Boomerang]], to plot his path through dungeons, and highlight dungeon items and chests. The map and compass are absent in both games, as now the availability of two screens provides the properties and benefits that were formerly reserved for those items. The Boss Keys must now be carried by Link manually, who must keep an eye for the obstacles and enemies that seek to impede him from reaching his destination (the Boss's lair entrance). Thus the keys are generally found in the same area as the Boss Door itself.

   

==={{SS|-}}===

For {{SS}}, a new visual style combining the characteristics of both realism and cel-shading is accompanied by several changes to the dungeons, as hinted by the developers long before the game's release. Most of them are more compact than those of the previous games, and the Compass is absent (instead, the map incorporates its properties). The compact size is compensated by the size of the rooms, where various puzzles and obstacles are packed within, as well as enemy diversity. Boss Keys are replaced by other, differently-shaped [[Puzzle Key]]s, which are manually placed in the doors with the help of the Wii Remote's orientation.

Some of the dungeons that feature share similarities or to the game's [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|spiritual prequel]] such as:

*The [[Eastern Palace]] reusing the same exterior and similar layout as the [[Eastern Palace|previous version]]

*The {{Term|ALBW|Desert Palace|link}} reusing the several entrances also with the previous version

The dungeons require Link to merge into walls in order to reach different rooms or platforms. Some of the main dungeon puzzles in the are new (e.g Link needing to remove obstacles in the Dark Palace for light to reach the bottom floor as this allows access to the boss), whilst some are recycled from previous titles (e.g Having to manipulate water currents to reach new places in the Swamp Palace, much like the [[Lakebed Temple]]).

==={{BotW|-}}===

[[File:BotW Divine Beast Vah Medoh.png|thumb|Divine Beast Vah Medoh from {{BotW|-}}]]

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*[[Final Trial]]

===Architecture===

===Themes===

Certain dungeons in the series are of mixed category, meaning that they can cover two or more themes simultaneously. Some of the final dungeons (such as the recurring [[Ganon's Tower]], which encases the elements of most dungeons in the games where it appears) are of this type, as are regular dungeons like the [[Arbiter's Grounds (Dungeon)|Arbiter's Grounds]] (shadow, desert) in {{TP|-}} and the [[Sword & Shield Maze]] (fire, ice) in {{OoS|-}}, among others.

*They are optional.

As mentioned above, both ''[[The Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' and {{ST}} introduce the "master" dungeons, which have an even more significant role and must be visited numerous times so that Link can achieve success in his quest. Partial examples of master dungeons include the earlier [[Hyrule Castle]] in {{ALttP|-}} and [[Forsaken Fortress]] in {{TWW|-}}, as they are only visited twice each, but they are still heavily plot-critical and are places for twists in the storyline.

In all games, a ''final dungeon'' is in place. Though similar in various aspects to the regular dungeons, they also show new characteristics that accommodate to their role as the ultimate test for Link and his adventure. In addition to housing the [[Final Boss]], they show puzzles, obstacles and enemies that will test each of the young hero's skills. So far, there have been three types of final dungeon. For the first type, it is simply longer and more imposing that any of the main dungeons, often consisting of a very high number of rooms, and even sporting new enemies and features. In other games, the final dungeon is multi-elemental, and is divided into paths or routes that mimic (both in layout and in content) most of the previous dungeons in the adventure, mimicking the corresponding bestiaries as well. Finally, the supposed final dungeon might simply be an area of the overworld where the final boss awaits Link for the decisive battle (the boss may even have moved from a former location, such as its usually-residing dungeon).

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