Editing Bonus dungeon

A '''Bonus dungeon''' is a location in a {{Main Series}} game which is accessible after completing the main storyline of the game. It is considered additional ''bonus'' content to the main content of the game and typically features special rewards, challenges, or easter eggs.

The concept of a bonus dungeon first appeared in {{DQ5}}, and has appeared in each new installment and several remakes of past titles since.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
Both the {{Super Famicom}} and {{Game Boy Color}} versions contain a bonus dungeon that is accessible from the [[Castle of the Dragon Queen]] after defeating [[Zoma]].  A lone [[Baramonster]] appears at the end of the dungeon, which in turn leads to {{Cloudsgate Citadel 3}} (Zenithia).  The dungeon is a cave made up of layouts from the previous dungeons including:
 
*1F and 4F of [[Maw of the Necrogond]].
*B1F of [[Orochi's Lair]].
*2F of the [[Pyramid]] (the stairway on the upper righthand area leads to a room modeled after the basement of [[Tantegel]] Castle).
*B2F of the [[Underground Lake]] (The healing spring is also present).
*B1F of Maw of the Necrogond.
*The prison room of [[Manoza]] Castle.
*The center of what is or resembles the [[Monster Arena]] from [[Romaria]].
*2F of [[Portoga Lighthouse]].
*The throne room of [[Isis]] Castle.
*1F of the house in [[Reeve]] containing the [[Wrecking ball]].

In the {{Game Boy Color}} version, in [[Leiamland]] the spot that was occupied by [[Ramia]] will become a portal to the [[Ice Cave]], a second Bonus Dungeon. The entrance, will become available after making a wish to [[Xenlon]] to open it.

==={{DQ4}}===
The remakes of the fourth title introduced the {{Fungeon 4}} and chapter. Located beneath [[The Azimuth]], this immense and strange dungeon featured many creatures from later games and culminated with the bizarre bonus bosses [[Chow Mein and Foo Yung]]. After defeating them the first time, a side quest starts that enables the player to resurrect an [[Rose|individual]] and recruit a {{Psaro 9}} as a {{Party 4}} member. The bonus bosses can be fought again to obtain [[Pandemonic Equipment|special gear exclusive to the new character]].

==={{DQ5}}===
The first bonus dungeon included in an original release is [[Estark's Labyrinth]], which contains the eponymous superboss [[Estark]] as a cameo from {{IV}}. In all remakes, after defeating Estark a special [[T'n'T]] board aptly named "Stark Raving Mad" will be made available to the player; if the player manages to reach the finish square, it unlocks two [[Starkers|unique]] and [[Rebjørn|powerful]] [[Monster recruitment|monster companions]].

==={{DQ6}}===
After defeating the [[Mortamor|final boss]], if the {{Party 6}} have between them reached the fifth rank of every single {{Vocation}}, including the secret {{Dragon V}} and [[Liquid metal slime (vocation)|Liquid metal slime]], then they can enter the {{Fungeon 6}} through the back chamber of {{Alltrades Abbey 6}} in the [[Upper World]]. Besides taking the {{Hero 6}} and {{Party 6}} to a grim mirror of [[Weaver's Peak]], with some of the rarest items for purchase, the {{Fungeon 6}} is home to one of the most powerful {{MFamilies}}s in the entire series, the demon lord who destroyed [[Castle Graceskull]], the great and terrible [[Nokturnus]]. If the {{Party 6}} can defeat him within 20 turns, the player will be treated to a very special ending variant of the final battle against [[Mortamor]].

==={{DQ7}}===
The seventh title features two bonus dungeons to spelunk once the demonlord is vanquished: the [[Cave to Another World]] and the [[Cave to Yet Another World]]. Both of these extras require their own sets of [[Fragment]]s to be amassed and assembled in the [[Shrine of Mysteries]], and consist of recycled areas explored earlier in the game with more powerful monsters and greater treasures. At the end of the first bonus dungeon is [[Numen|a deity]], who will offer the {{Party 7}} a friendly bout after congratulating them for their undertakings. The fight at the end of the second dungeon is the quartet of elementals: the [[Earth Spirit]], [[Fire Spirit]], [[Water Spirit]], and [[Wind Spirit]]. They aggressively defend the humble dwelling of the first bonus boss and will not even allow the warriors of eden to approach it. 

==={{DQ8}}===
The bonus dungeon is the [[Dragovian Path]], which features a sidequest that uncovers the {{Hero 8}}'s heritage. After completing the Dragovian Trials, a new ending occurs after defeating [[Rhapthorne|the final boss]] again. In the {{3DS}} version, there are two new bonus dungeons, the [[Altar of Wroth]] and [[Memories Lane]]. The Altar of Wroth can be accessed after the destruction of [[Neos]] and visiting the depths of [[Dragon Graveyard]] to talk to Golding's ancestor. [[Memories Lane]] is a secret dungeon that can be unlocked by the [[Lord of the Dragovians]] as a prize for completing one of the Dragovian Trials.

==={{DQ9}}===
The [[Tower of Nod]] becomes available after completing the main storyline and obtaining the [[Starflight Express]]. Furthermore, the extensive {{Grotto}} system functions as sort of bonus dungeon in and of itself, with the absurdly powerful bosses waiting within rivialing those seen in previous games--not to mention those old foes themselves in the form of [[Legacy Boss]]es.

==={{DQ11}}===
After enhance [[Cetacea]] to reach the [[Calasmos|final boss]] in the act 3, the entrance of the bonus dungeon, the [[Drustan's labyrinth]], is open in the ruin of [[Zwaardsrust region]]. The dungeon is composed of several parts recycling existing parts of the game with the [[Trial Isle]] as rest area in the middle of the dungeon and three trials with powerfull bonus bosses who give wishes if they are beaten under a turn limit.

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