Editing Quagmire Cave

{{LocationInfobox
|game = {{DQ}}<br>{{Dragon Quest II}}<br>{{Dragon Quest III}}<br>{{DQ3HD}}
|title = Quagmire cave
|type= Dungeon
|image = [[File:DQ Green Dragon Battle.png|center|250px]]
|caption = Battle with the Green Dragon.
|japanese=沼地の洞窟
|romaji={{tt|Numachi no dōkutsu|Swamp cave}}
|old=Swamp cave
}}
The '''Quagmire Cave<ref>Name given when [[Storeyteller]] is used in the [[Cell phone]] version of {{DQ3}}.</ref>'''  is an undersea tunnel which connects the north and south sections of eastern [[Alefgard]].

The dungeon has one entrance on each island, as well as both sides being surrounded by poisonous swamps.  It is one of only a few places which is accessible in every game in the [[Erdrick trilogy]].  

==Appearances==
==={{DQ}}===
Quagmire Cave must be crossed in order to reach the southeastern continent.  The cave also contains the kidnapped [[Princess Gwaelin]] who is guarded by a single [[Green Dragon]] until The {{Hero 1}} saves her.

==={{DQ2}}===
Quagmire Cave serves no real purpose in the game due to the fact that by the time The {{Hero 2}}'s party can access it, [[Luminaries|they]] already have a [[ship]] which eliminates the need to enter the cave.

Additionally, the cave has been downsized to a simple straight corridor with no treasure inside.

====Nearby {{MFamilies}}s====
*[[Big badboon]]
*[[Dracky]]
*[[Gremlin]]
*[[Drackolyte]]
*[[Chewlip]]
*[[Mean spirit|Sekerleton]]
*[[Slime]]
*[[Smog]]
*[[Somnol ant]]

==={{DQ3}}===
Quagmire Cave is not fully completed during the time period of the game.  Inside the north entrance, The {{Hero 3}}'s and {{Party 3}} can visit several workers who are busy completing its excavation.

====Nearby {{MFamilies}}s====
*[[Chimaera]]
*[[Flying flayer]]
*[[Ghoul]]
*[[Muddy hand]]
*[[Stone guardian]] (Called by [[muddy hand]])
*[[Ursa mega]]

==={{DQ3HD}}===
The tunnel is now home to a scant few treasures and there is a [[List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake|disguised crone ranger]] creeping on the workers, but the dungeon's features remains the same otherwise.

The real point of interest it that the lost [[Robbin' 'Oodlum|henchmen]] of [[Robbin' 'Ood]] have taken up work in the tunnel after falling into the underworld. One of them will tip the player off to the whereabouts of the fabled [[zenithium]] metal, which can upgrade [[Ortega's Helm]] into the [[Auroral Helm]]; if the player follows the goon's clues, the metal will be found in the depths of [[Gaia's Navel]] and require a [[wrecking ball]] to dislodged.

====Treasures====
{| class="wikitable"
|  [[File:Holy water III HD icon.png|link=Holy water]] || [[File:ICON-Mini medal III HD.png|link=Mini medal]] || [[File:Black bandana III HD icon.png|link=Black bandana]] 
|-
|}

====Nearby monsters====
{| class="wikitable"
| [[File:Chimaera DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Chimaera]] || [[File:Flying flayer DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Flying flayer]] || [[File:Ghoul DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Ghoul]] || [[File:Muddy hand DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Muddy hand]] || [[File:Ursa mega DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Ursa mega]]
|-
|}

==={{DQTact}}===
The [[Hero (Dragon Quest Tact)|Master]] and [[Majellan]] pay a visit to the cave in Chapter 2, Episode 5 of the game's limited {{Dragon Quest}} event quests hoping to find the lost [[Mindini]] there. Despite having had her kidnapped, the Green dragon tries to drive her away when it becomes annoyed with her. A battle ensues with the dragon and it joins the party afterwards, having grown tired of its position as a guard.

==Maps & Gallery==
<center><gallery>
DQ III NES Swamp Cave.png|Quagmire Cave in development during {{Dragon Warrior III}} ({{NES}})
dq1_swamp-cave-map.png|Quagmire Cave completed by {{Dragon Quest}} (NES)
DQ II NES Swamp Cave.gif|Smaller Quagmire Cave as in {{Dragon Warrior II}} ({{NES}})
DQ II SFC Swamp Cave.png|Smaller Quagmire Cave as in {{Dragon Quest II}} ({{SFC}})
DQ SFC Swamp Cave.png|Quagmire Cave as it appears in {{Dragon Quest}} ({{SFC}})
DQ III SFC Swamp Cave.png|Quagmire Cave in development during {{Dragon Quest III}} ({{SFC}})
Quagmire cave map III HD2D.png|HD map
DW1NES_SwampCave1.png|Event tile with the [[Green dragon]] boss ({{NES}})
DQ Android Quagmire Cave Entrances.jpg|Quagmire Cave from {{I}} ([[Cell phone]])
DQ Android Quagmire Cave 1.jpg|
DQ Android Quagmire Cave 2.jpg|
DQ Android Quagmire Cave 3.jpg|
DQ II Android Quagmire Cave Entrances.jpg|Quagmire Cave from {{II}} ([[Cell phone]])
DQ III Android Quagmire Cave.jpg|Quagmire Cave from {{III}} ([[Cell phone]])
DQT Quagmire Cave.jpg|Encounter with the Green dragon in {{Tact}}
</gallery></center>

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