Editing Darkmoon Caverns

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{{DKR course infobox
|image=[[File:DKR-DarkmoonCaverns.png|250px]]
|location=[[Future Fun Land]]
|balloons=40 (race, N64)<br>39 (race, DS)<br>44 (challenge, N64)<br>43 (challenge, DS)
|transportation='''[[Car]]''', [[Hovercraft]]
|meet_tt=2:20.00
|beat_tt=2:12.05
|notes=The track has two large loops in it.
|before=[[Spacedust Alley|<<]]
|after=[[Spaceport Alpha|>>]]
}}
'''Darkmoon Caverns''' is the second course of [[Future Fun Land]], the eighteenth main race track, and is the twenty-third overall course in the games ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its remake, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''.

Unlocking the course requires a total of 40 [[Golden Balloon]]s (39 in the remake), and later 44 for its [[Silver Coin]] challenge (or 43 for its Balloon Touch Challenge in the [[Nintendo DS]] remake). The stage's default vehicle is [[Car]]s, but racers can use [[Hovercraft]]s after completing the course twice or via [[Time Trial]]s.

The track has two huge loops akin to those in [[Walrus Cove]], although instead of having zippers at the bottom of the slide, they are zippers in themselves. The course seems to be have been battered by [[Wizpig]]'s spaceships, as there are craters everywhere. Some areas have Wizpig's spaceships shooting at the ground.

==Layout==
[[File:Darkmoon Caverns.png|200px|thumb|left]]
The course starts with a left turn, followed by a short tunnel lit by blinking red arrows on the ceiling. The road continues with a right curve which is heavily under fire by a laser. Players must avoid getting hit by swerving around it. Another short tunnel leads the racers to a section with two craters. These obstacles are avoided best following the right part of the section to take advantage of a dash panel. The track continues with a left turn into an S-shaped tunnel which is again lit by blinking red arrows. 

After the tunnel, players drive down a rightward corkscrew section of the track, all the while trying to dodge more barrages of the lasers. What follows is a tunneled right curve and then a left turn into a technologically paved area where the racers enter a series of loops. Immediately after the first one the players enter a short tunnel, which consists of a mound and a sharp left turn into the other loop. After this second loop, a final tunnel section going to the right leads them to the finish line.

In the [[Nintendo DS]] remake, the spaceships are removed, and the track is much easier. The music is also slightly changed, possessing more high-tech sounds.
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==Silver Coin Challenge==
===Adventure mode===
*The first coin is in the middle of the track following the first left-hand turn.
*The second coin is on the left side of the curve in the laser area.
*The third coin is on the right side of the tunnel, after the dash panel.
*The fourth coin is in the middle of the road after exiting the tunnel.
*The fifth coin is in between the two craters.
*The sixth coin is on the left side of the corkscrew section, just as it begins.
*The seventh coin is at the entrance of the first loop.
*The eighth coin is at the entrance of the second loop.

===Adventure Two mode===
*On the left side of the track, just in front of the first [[Dash Panel#Diddy Kong Racing / Diddy Kong Racing DS|Zipper]].
*On the right side of the track, on the corner in between the two tunnels.
*On the left side of the track, just in front of the second Zipper.
*In the middle of the track, just before the first crater.
*On the left side of the track, just in front of the third Zipper.
*On the right side of the track, just in front of the fourth Zipper.
*On the left side of the track, just in front of the first loop the loop section.
*On the left side of the track, in the tunnel in between the two loop the loop sections.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ダークムーントンネル
|JapR=Dākumūn Tonneru
|JapM=Darkmoon Tunnel
|Spa=Cavernas Lunares
|SpaM=Lunar Caverns
|Fra=Cavernes Lunaires
|FraM=Lunar Caverns
|Ger=Mondkatakomben (N64)<br>Mondscheinhöhlen (DS)
|GerM=Moon Catacombs<br>Moonlight Caverns
|Ita=Caverne Lunari
|ItaM=Lunar Caverns
}}

==Trivia==
*This course's theme is one of the two tracks that is randomly played in the end credits, the other being [[Crescent Island]]'s theme.

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