Dungeon

Nearly every Zelda game involves locating and exploring maze-like dungeons until reaching the dungeon's boss. Each dungeon generally has one special item hidden inside which will be required later in the game. Some items are found in almost every game, while others are exclusive to a single game (see "Items and Weapons of The Legend of Zelda series"). In the later games in the series, the item(s) found in each dungeon are usually used in some way to fight that dungeon's boss.