Editing Dragon Quest Monsters (section)

==Gameplay==
''DQM'' took the [[Monster recruitment|monster-taming]] elements of {{Dragon Quest V}} and expanded upon them, also borrowing a few mechanics from the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series and addressing the criticisms of that franchise, setting the standards for what would become the "''Dragon Quest Monsters'' series." The basic concept is that Terry, as a young boy still too weak to fight for himself, must enlist the help of various creatures to act in his stead after being given a slime as a beginner monster. In order to win new monsters over to his side, Terry can lob [[Monster munchies|cuts of meat]] at a foe during battle, which will raise the base chance for a monster to join significantly. Each monster will learn three abilities, possess it's own innate resistances to the elements and status ailments, and have a fixed level cap.  

===Breeding===
After beating Class F in the tournament, the player [[Monster breeding|can breed monsters if they are at level 10]] or above at the Shrine of Starry Night, which is taken care of by the current Master Monster Tamer. Breeding requires one male and one female monster and the result of the breeding will be an egg containing a Level 1 monster which has characteristics of both parents, including skills and stats. The egg can then be left in the monster farm or hatched on the spot, which costs a small fee. The newly born monster will have a '''plus''' number next to it's name, the number representing the improvement over it's stats over those of it's parents, the higher being the better. It costs more money to hatch a monster with a higher plus number. Also, the number beside the plus multiplied by two is added to the limit for the maximum level for the monster.

The ability to breed monsters is a direct answer to the criticisms of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series, as it allows any species of monster to become a top-tier power house instead of being stuck with the limits assigned to it. Level and stat restrictions can be raised to any degree, strong resistances to all elements can be obtained, and up to eight abilities can be assigned to any type of monster with enough patience on the player's part, to the point that even a [[Burr baby]] can single-handedly tackle the final battle in the tournament by itself.

===Egg evaluation===
Once the Egg Evaluator is available for use, eggs can have the gender of the monster they're containing checked and changed. Both services require a small fee to the young woman, with the fee increases depending on the monster's plus number.

===Monster farm===
[[File:DQM 3DS Feeding Time.png|right|thumb|230px|Pulio and the Monster Farm]]
A storage place for monsters not in the active party, managed by a little boy named Pulio, where they can be picked up or dropped off. There is an option to put monsters at the farm to sleep, which allows them to maintain their wilderness level and allows the player to keep an additional 19 monsters but they will not gain experience or grow in level unlike non-sleeping monsters who do. There can be 19 awake and 19 asleep monsters at any one time.

===Teleportals===
As the kingdom of GreatTree is rather small, Terry must venture out via the castle [[List of teleportals in Dragon Quest Monsters|teleportals]] and explore other worlds to recruit monsters. These warp vortexes are called ''travelers' gates'' in the game itself, as was the standard [[Dragon Quest localization history|Enix of America localization policy]] at the time. These gates lead to randomly-generated worlds based around set themes with a fixed variety of monsters assigned, and are located underneath the throne room. To access the portals, the player needs to defeat a class ranking in the starry night tournament. There are a certain number of areas in a given world, and at the last one the player needs to defeat a boss. Other gates are hidden throughout Great Tree, such as one in the library that is only accessible after befriending over 100 different monsters.

Players of other games in the ''Dragon Quest'' series will recognize many of the bosses and and their lairs as homages to the main series. Examples include the [[Golem]] guarding the town of [[Cantlin]] and the [[Green dragon|Dragon]] holding [[Princess Gwaelin]] captive in the [[Quagmire Cave]] (both from the original {{Dragon Quest}}). Some bosses in the game offer to join the player's party automatically, some have to be won over with meat, and some will not join at all.

===Monster arena===
[[File:DQM Watabou.png|right|border|120px]]
The monster arena is how the representative of the kingdom is selected for the starry night tournament. There are eight ranks that consists of three different battles that must be won before the player can advance to the next ranking. Each rank provides harder challenges: the higher the rank, the harder the battle. The player is able to select ranks G through D in the beginning, and these battles open up teleportals to explore and are necessary to progress through the story.

The arena battles cost [[gold]] to enter:
*'''Rank G:''' No fee
*'''Rank F:''' 10G
*'''Rank E:''' 50G
*'''Rank D:''' 100G
*'''Rank C:''' 500G
*'''Rank B:''' 1000G
*'''Rank A:''' 5000G
*'''Rank S:''' 10000G
*'''Starry Night Tournament:''' No fee

===Mini medals===
These [[Mini medals|medals]] are scattered throughout different worlds and are randomly picked up. In the game, thee king of GreatTree pulls double duty as the requisite medal king, located east of the Monster Arena, and will give the following eggs for the cumulative number of mini medals brought to him in the original Game Boy game:
*'''13 Medals:''' ''[[Thunderbird]]''
*'''18 Medals:''' ''[[Eyevory tusk-tusk]]''
*'''25 Medals:''' ''[[Tortoceratops]]''
*'''30 Medals:''' ''[[Liquid metal slime]]''

===Foreign Masters===
[[File:DQMTerry.png|right|border|110px]]
While in other worlds, the player can encounter other masters that they can battle with, if the player wins the master will do something for the player, if the player loses the master will take some items and hand the player a Warpwing. The monsters that the foreign masters have with them change depending on the total level of the player's party. There are different types that will give or do different things for the player if they beat them:

*'''Priest''' - Will heal the player's monster's HP and MP completely, as well as reviving any dead monsters.
*'''Troubadour''' - Will give the player's party medicine that affects each of the monsters currently in the player's party, it raises 1 random stat by 20 points permanently.
*'''Merchant''' - Will fill the player's inventory completely with random meats (Including BadMeat and Sirloins).
*'''Male Warrior''' - Will give the player a Chimaera wing and a random item.
*'''Female Warrior''' - The same as the male warrior.
*'''Mage''' - Will teleport the player to either the very last floor in the dungeon or 20 floors down, whichever comes first.