Editing Dragon Forest

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:Dragon Forest lobby DKR.png|250px]]<br>The lobby of Dragon Forest
|greater_location=[[Timber's Island]]
|owner=[[Smokey]]
|first_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
}}
'''Dragon Forest''' is the fourth world in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and [[Diddy Kong Racing DS|its Nintendo DS version]]. It is a medieval-themed area featuring castles, villages, and windmills. In the lobby of Dragon Forest, each course door is on a village house, Smokey's door is on a castle and the challenge level is hidden within a tree. The character uses a [[car]] to drive around Dragon Forest's lobby. From [[Timber's Island]], the player can enter Dragon Forest by going through the second waterfall left of [[Wizpig]]'s head statue. However, they need at least sixteen [[Golden Balloon]]s to enter. [[Smokey the Dragon]] is the boss of Dragon Forest.

==Courses==
For courses where two or all three vehicles can be used, vehicles listed in '''bold print''' are the mandated vehicle during Adventure Mode and the Trophy Race, and other vehicles can only be used in a Time Trial or after the course is completed.
{|class="wikitable dk"
|-
!Course
!Unlock requirement
!Vehicles
!Description
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR-WindmillPlains.png|200px]]<br>[[Windmill Plains]]
|{{DKR balloons|16}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|23}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|Car, Hovercraft, '''Plane'''
|Windmill Plains is a race track built in an agrarian landscape with many hills and tunnels. The default vehicle for this track is the [[plane]]. Along with hay bales and a lake with a small rocky path, this track features a couple of windmills, which give the track its name. Inside the windmills are usually Item Balloons and Zippers.
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR-GreenwoodVillage.png|200px]]<br>[[Greenwood Village]]
|{{DKR balloons|17}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|24}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|'''Car''', Hovercraft
|Greenwood Village is divided into two segments: A part set in a medieval town with frame houses, stone walls and a well, and the other part set in a forest with uneven paths. The segments alternate through log tunnels. The race itself starts on a bridge decorated with flags and the default vehicle is the [[car]]. The player should watch out, because some of this track's Zippers might send them right into an obstacle.
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR-BoulderCanyon.png|200px]]<br>[[Boulder Canyon]]
|{{DKR balloons|20}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|30}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|Hovercraft
|Boulder Canyon is traversed by hovercrafts. The racers start off by racing down a river filled with rotating logs, which slows down the racers. The setting then changes to that of a medieval castle. A bell that is found here can be rung which will cause the drawbridge to be risen. This is also necessary to find the key to Smokey Castle. The castle segment then leads to a canal filled with sewage water, until it restarts again at the river.
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR-HauntedWoods.png|200px]]<br>[[Haunted Woods]]
|{{DKR balloons|22}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|37}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|'''Car''', Hovercraft
|The Haunted Woods course resembles Greenwood Village, except that it adds dungeon-like tunnels to the village and forest settings. The village part features a large fountain in the center, in which racers easily can fall if they do not pay attention. This course is prominent for the ghostly [[Wizpig]] phantoms appearing throughout the forest and dungeon, hence the name "Haunted Woods".
|-
|align=center|[[File:Smokey's Course.png|200px]]<br>'''Boss race:'''<br>[[Smokey Challenge]]
|'''First match:'''<br>{{DKR balloons|23}} + every track completed<br>'''Rematch:'''<br>{{DKR balloons|38}} + every track completed
|Plane
|The player's character must beat [[Smokey]] in a race to obtain a piece of the [[Wizpig amulet]]. Like the previous bosses, Smokey has to be raced twice, the first time after completing all the race tracks, and a second time after completing the [[Silver Coin]] challenges. The race takes place in a mountain range landscape filled with twisting caves. Stone pillars inside the caves and trees outside the caves might impede the players progress. In addition, Smokey breathes fireballs which will cause the player's plane to crash-land upon contact. Smokey will double the amount of fireballs during the second race.
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR-SmokeyCastle.png|200px]]<br>'''Challenge Level:'''<br>[[Smokey Castle]]
|'''N64:''' Boulder Canyon's Wish Key<br>'''DS:''' 30 [[Coin (Diddy Kong Racing DS)|coins]]
|Car
|Smokey castle is a battle [[minigame]] in Dragon Forest and will become accessible after the player collects the golden key in Boulder Canyon. It takes place in a square-shaped castle. Inside the castle are four [[treasure chest]]s, each one belongs to one character. The purpose of the treasure chests is to hold [[banana]]s which the racers collect. During the game, a racer can hold a maximum amount of two bananas, so after collecting two of them, they should put them into their respective treasure chest. The first race to collect ten bananas wins; the player must win this challenge to obtain a piece of the [[T.T. amulet]].

In the DS remake, Bananas were replaced by Taj Tokens, and just like to the other Challenge Levels, it was replaced by a [[Wish Race]] against T.T. in the Adventure Mode, being playable only in multiplayer. 
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Dragon Forest DKR map artwork.jpg|''Diddy Kong Racing'' map artwork
Dragon Forest.png|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' in-game map
DKRDS Trophy Race Icon Dragon Forest.png|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' Trophy Race icon
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドラゴンゾーン
|JpnR=Doragon Zōn
|JpnM=Dragon Zone
|Fre={{hover|Foret|Meant to be "Forêt"}} des Dragons
|FreM=Dragon Forest
|Ger=Drachenwald
|GerM=Dragon Forest
|Ita=Foresta del Drago
|ItaM=Dragon Forest
|Spa=Bosque del Dragón
|SpaM=Dragon Forest
}}
{{DKR}}
[[Category:Forests]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong Racing worlds]]