Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3)

Mysterious Cave (???) Map and Strategy Guide

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This is a map and strategy guide for the Mysterious Cave, also known as the ??? dungeon in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake. It includes the recommended level for Mysterious Cave (???), the route to take, the location of treasure chests, obtainable items, and monsters that appear.

List of Contents

Location
Map Overview
Strategy Guide
Enemies
Related Guides

Mysterious Cave Location

From Inside the Dragon Queen's Castle

The Mysterious Cave is a dungeon that can be reached by proceeding to the top light inside the Dragon Queen's Castle after defeating Zoma in his castle.

Endgame Content Walkthrough

Mysterious Cave Map Overview (Recommended Level 49 - 50)

Jump to a Mysterious Cave Floor!
Basement Floor 1	Basement Floor 2	Basement Floor 3
Basement Floor 4-1	Basement Floor 4-2	Basement Floor 5-1
Basement Floor 5-2	Basement Floor 5-3	Basement Floor 6

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 1

Mysterious Cave 1F
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Treasure
Seed of Strength	Mimic	Staff of Strife

Mysterious Cave Floor 2

Mysterious Cave 2F
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Treasure
Blizzard Blade	Empress's Whip	Sage's Elixir
4530 Gold	-	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 3

Mysterious Cave 3F
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Treasure
Asbestos Earrings	Earthenwear	Seed of Defense
Mountaincleaver	-	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 4-1

Mysterious Cave 4F-1
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Treasure
Blizzard Blade	Empress's Whip	Sage's Elixir
4530 Gold	-	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 4-2

Mysterious Cave 4F-2
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Treasure
Mini Medal	-	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 5-1

Mysterious Cave 5F-2
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Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 5-2

Mysterious Cave 5F-2
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Treasure
Dieamend	-	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 5-3

Mysterious Cave 5F-3
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Treasure
The Champion's Code	Mini Medal	-

Mysterious Cave Basement Floor 6

Mysterious Cave 6F
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Treasure
Seed of Life	Seed of Strength	-

Mysterious Cave Walkthrough

1	After loading your completed save, teleport to the Castle of the Dragon Queen.
2	Head to the back and walk into the light to enter "???". Once you've teleported to the mysterious floating island, go to the Secret Spot in the east to recruit a friendly Metal Slime. ▶ All Friendly Monster Locations
*	Before going into the cave, you can teleport away to farm EXP and stock up on resources first. This is the longest dungeon in the game so make sure you're prepared before going in.
3	When you're ready, head inside the cave to take on the Mysterious Cave.
4	Once you're inside, go through the cave until you reach the Orochi's Lair level. Remember to also explore for any items and chests while you're in this dungeon.
5	Inside the volcano map, there will be a friendly Green Dragon east of the second branching path so make sure to recruit them.
6	From there, continue on until you get to the stairs going down. Before going through, go east first to grab the Mountaincleaver from a chest. While this is no longer useful at this point in the game, it's still nice to have it back in your inventory.
7	Head down the stairs to the Pyramid level and go to the southwest of the vertical path to grab a Mini Medal. Once you've got that, head down the northeastern stairs and talk to the priest.
8	After making a save, go back up and head down the other staircase to reach a room with a healing circle. Stand on the glyph to restore your HP and MP before continuing on.
9	Before heading down to the next floor, go open the chest in the northeast for a Mini Medal.
10	Continue on until you reach the Jail level and recruit the friendly She-Slime in the cell just north of where you appeared.
11	Once you've recruited them, head up to the Monster Arena level and defeat the Terror Troll to unlock the way to the Cloudsgate Citadel.

Mysterious Cave Friendly Monsters

Map	Time Zone
She-Slime 3 - Mysterious Cave	Day, Evening, and Night
Dragon 2 - Mysterious Cave	Day, Evening, and Night
Metal Slime 2 - Mysterious Cave	Day, Evening, and Night

Mysterious Cave Enemies

List of Enemies
Infernal Serpent	Gold Golem
Merking	Green Dragon
Dragon Zombie	Metal Chimaera
Abracadabrer	King Crab
Terror Troll	Demon Sword
Baramonster

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Related Guides

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Norvik	Faerie Village	Asham	Ibis
Portoga	Nordy's Grotto	Baharata	Alltrades Abbey
Theddon	Lanson	Edina	Shallow Shrine
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Tantegel Jetty	Tantegel	Galen's House	Damdara
Cantlin	Shrine of the Spirit	Kol	Rimuldar
Sacred Shrine	Cloudsgate Citadel	-	-

List of All Town Maps

List of All Dungeons

All Dungeon Maps
Fifer's Spire	Kidnapper's Cave
Baramos' Lair	Tower of Transcendence
Maw of the Necrogond	Mysterious Cave
Mysterious Tower	Nail Mark
Dreamer's Tower	Gaia's Navel
Underground Lake	Phantom Ship
Promontory Passage	Pyramid
Craggy Cave	Tower of Rubiss
Manoza Cave	Skyfell Tower
Path of Promise	Orochi's Lair
Zoma's Castle	Temple of Trials

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