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Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (MDFW)
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About
Creation 01:59 November 7, 2020
Founder(s) Adkuate, Blue, and SungHerSong
Status Active
URL(s) mysterydungeonwiki.com
Host(s) Baskerville Archive

The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki, or MDFW for short, is the wiki dedicated to documenting the Mystery Dungeon franchise. The project's goal is the documentation of everything Mystery Dungeon. The MDFW is a place of learning for fans of all stripes who wish to know more about the franchise. We have a plethora of exclusive and hard-to-find information. From games, anime shorts, manga, game music, soundtracks, guide books, novellas, unused content, lost media, demos, news archives, events, commercials, trivia, unofficial translations, glitches, and more.

Origins of the Wiki[edit | edit source]

The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki originated as the "Shiren the Wanderer Wiki" on Gamepedia.com, a fork of the original Shiren the Wanderer Wikifoundry Wiki (née Wetpaint Wiki), founded by karmarogue on Wetpaint.com on March 11, 2008. On September 11, 2019 Korra Baskerville upgraded it into the Gamepedia.com "Mystery Dungeon Wiki", an amalgamation of many previous Mystery Dungeon projects that focused on all the Mystery Dungeon games. On November 7, 2020 Adkuate, Blue, and Korra II took the wiki independent as the MDFW, and the focus shifted to covering all Mystery Dungeon content, no longer being hindered by Gamepedia's game-only limitations.

The original wiki only covered the Nintendo DS release of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (game) in the west. From there, it eventually grew to cover the bulk of the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer titles. In 2013, WikiFoundry acquired Wetpaint. The wiki was shut down in 2016 by WikiFoundry due to anonymous users spamming the site. Shiren1111 adopted the wiki, demoted the old admins and began cleaning up and reformatting the project for the first time in years. In mid-2018, WikiFoundry was experiencing numerous issues, such as only letting moderators and admins edit and eventually, preventing anybody from logging in. After more than a decade on Wetpaint/WikiFoundry, the wiki was ported to Gamepedia.com by rhaining and Shiren1111, where cleanup and expansion continued.

The wiki was expanded as a Shiren the Wanderer wiki on Gamepedia.com, and began to cover all Shiren titles for the first time ever. A little over a year later, the wiki was upgraded to a Franchise Wiki by Korra II Baskerville. Several other Mystery Dungeon wikis and projects are merged and absorbed into the project. After a year as a franchise wiki, Fandom announced they would be retiring the Gamepedia.com domain, and importing Gamepedia wikis to the Fandom.com domain. The wiki team began to prepare for separation from Fandom/Gamepedia and the new, independent wiki was founded on November 7, 2020 by Adkuate, Blue, and Korra II.

For a more in-depth timeline of events, see the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki timeline below.

Contributing[edit | edit source]

The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki covers everything Mystery Dungeon related, as such, it is split into different namespaces based on type of media, intended to make navigation and finding relevant information easier. While the wiki articles are written in English, various elements such as item, monster, character names and more are listed in Japanese. This is both to aid players of the videogames, as well as for documentation purposes. Contributions are always welcome! We do ask that you follow our Manual of Style. If you're unsure how to format something, consider looking for a similar page on the wiki to see how it's formatted. When in doubt, don't be afraid to ask for help if you are unfamiliar with the formatting or wiki editing as we were all new at this at some point. Or maybe you just want to read what we already have, in which case, enjoy!

What To Contribute?[edit | edit source]

That depends entirely on you. What are your skills? What are your interests?

  • Are you a writer?
    • Great! We need more people like you. Consider writing strategy guides or walkthroughs. You could write character bios and about sections.
  • Are you a dataminer?
    • Sprites, models, cutscenes, cut content, etc. There's an endless list of things you could contribute.
  • Are you a collector?
    • Consider scanning manuals, guidebooks,and promotional displays. You could document plushies or merchandise.
  • Is music your passion?
    • The soundtrack pages can always use a helping hand.
  • Do you only have the games?
    • Try testing out items in unique situations and document your findings on their respective pages. You could so the same with traps, terrain, monsters, etc. There's plenty to do if you're creative.
  • Is translation your skill?
    • If yes, we'd love to have you. You could translate the wiki into another language. You could translate foreign wiki articles into English, etc. It's up to you.

As you can see, there are a number of things you can do based on your skills and skill level. Even if you think you don't have enough time to edit the wiki; nobody is required to donate any more time to this project than they desire. You can contribute as much or as little as you like.

Project Organization[edit | edit source]

Games are given their own namespaces, while other forms of media such as anime shorts, manga/comics, and merchandise share namespaces. The various namespaces act as mini wikis for each subject, with consistent formatting across the board. This is intended to make navigation and finding relevant information easier. Each series also has a lore namespace, listing all game-specific pages across the site while also providing general information that applies to all forms of media.

Multilingual Support[edit | edit source]

Due to the fact that most Mystery Dungeon media never receives official unofficial translations, this wiki supports unofficial translation projects as well as lists of important elements such as item and monster names in Japanese to aid players. The wiki also contains various Rosetta Stone pages for various topics including items, locations, monsters, soundtracks, and more. This is intended to allow players to quickly reference names across languages while playing in a language they may be unfamiliar with. Fan-translated names are included in Rosetta Stone pages for players who choose to play unofficial translations of games that may use different names for items, monsters, locations, etc.

The symbol Unofficial Translation symbol.png indicates a unofficial translation. The symbol Not Translated symbol.png indicates that while the media in question hasn't been officially translated, the translation is officially used elsewhere.

Sources[edit | edit source]

Due to Mystery Dungeon media being primarily or only released in Japan, the Japanese side of the community is much larger and has made multiple wikis for many of the games. These resources prove to be invaluable assets to this wiki. Information from these wikis is occasionally copied and used for this wiki. The primary source of information we obtain from Japanese communities are monster and item spawn locations as well as lists of Japanese names of various gameplay elements such as the Adventure Log.Info symbol.png The vast majority of content on this site is original and no attempt has been made to synchronize content across languages. Thus, if you can't find what you're looking for on this site, you could try reading or translating Japanese sites for more information.

Project Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • Diamond Icon - Green.png Wetpaint / WikiFoundry
  • Diamond Icon - Red.png Wikia / Fandom
  • Diamond Icon - Yellow.png Gamepedia.com
  • Diamond Icon - Dark Blue.png Discord
  • Diamond Icon - White.png PMD Wiki
  • Diamond Icon - Blue.png Twitter
  • Diamond Icon - Purple.png Independent Wiki

2008[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Green.png March 4

  • Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer is released on the Nintendo DS in North America.

Diamond Icon - Green.png March 11

  • 18:37 EDT: karmarogue creates shiren.wetpaint.com.[1]

Diamond Icon - Green.png September 24

  • 06:24 EDT: Crabus creates shiren3.wetpaint.com.[2]

2010[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Red.png January 7

  • 12:23: The darklorde creates the Shiren the Wanderer Fandom Wiki.[3][4]

2012[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Red.png December 13

  • 11:27: Swiftblizzard creates the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team Wiki on Fandom.[5]

2013[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Green.png July

  • Wikifoundry purchases Wetpaint Wikis.[6][7]

2016[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Green.png 2016

  • WikiFoundry shuts down the Shiren Wiki due to anonymous spam posters.[8]

Diamond Icon - Green.png May 22

  • Shiren1111 joins the WikiFoundry Wiki, takes over the wiki as admin and begins cleanup.

2018[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Red.png May 25

  • 07:18: The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team wiki is partnered with the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki.[9]

Diamond Icon - Green.png August 23

  • Shiren the Wanderer 3's Wetpaint Wiki is ported to WikiFoundry.[10]

Diamond Icon - Green.png September 11

  • Rhaining begins to grow tired of the WikiFoundry website and begins to look for alternative hosting websites.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png September 17

  • Rhaining gets the go-ahead from Gamepedia to have the Shiren Wiki ported to Gamepedia.com.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png September 21

  • 21:51
    • The Shiren Wiki is officially on Gamepedia.com.[11]
    • Rhaining is made Wiki admin and begins porting of the old wiki with Shiren1111.
Diamond Icon - Dark Blue.png October 21
  • 11:07: The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Fan Wiki discord server is made by Gyrkkus.

Diamond Icon - White.png Novemebr 18

  • The PMD Wiki is founded by Quill, a member of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord, for users to test out the idea of making a new wiki.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png December 10

  • Korra II A Royal joins the wiki cleanup as a wiki admin and porting project.

2019[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png April 12

  • The WikiFoundry Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is finally finished being ported to the new home on Gamepedia.com.[12]

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png July 21

  • Yggdrasilmamel45 joins as a wiki editor.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png September 11

  • 14:14
    • The Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is upgraded to the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki.
    • The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki is merged with and absorbed.[13]
    • The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team Wiki is adopted and absorbed.
    • The Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is absorbed into the Mystery Dungeon Wiki.
  • MalikTH, the founder of the Fandom Explorers Wiki, joins as a wiki admin.

Diamond Icon - Dark Blue.png September 11

  • The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Fan Wiki discord server is partnered with the Mystery Dungeon Wiki.
  • The discord server becomes the official discord server for the wiki.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png September 19

  • Adkuate / Prolyfic8‎ joins as a wiki editor.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png October 10

  • Yggdrasilmamel45 joins as a wiki admin.

Diamond Icon - Red.png December 19

  • The Fandom Rescue Team wiki is officially shut down and re-directed to the Gamepedia Mystery Dungeon Wiki.

2020[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Blue.png February 20

  • The Mystery Dungeon Wiki Twitter account is created.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png March 23

  • Blue joins as a wiki editor.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png May 2

  • Adkuate / Prolyfic8 joins as a wiki admin.

Diamond Icon - Yellow.png November 4

  • Fandom announces that they are going to be re-directing Gamepedia.com wikis to Fandom.com URLs. The MysteryDungeonWiki.com URL is registered.

Diamond Icon - Purple.png November 7

  • 01:59: The Independent Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki is launched in response to the announcement by Fandom. Work begins to port the wiki to its new home.
  • Blue joins as a wiki admin.

2021[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Purple.png February 7

  • The Spanish version of the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (Mazmorra Misteriosa Franquicia Wiki) is launched.

Diamond Icon - Green.png March 3

  • WikiFoundry announces that the WikiFoundry platform will be closed on June 1, 2021.

Diamond Icon - Red.png March

  • The Mystery Dungeon Gamepedia.com wiki was moved to the Fandom.com domain.

Diamond Icon - Red.png July

  • The Mystery Dungeon Fandom wiki stopped using Gamepedia's Hydra skin, and began using the FandomDesktop skin instead.

Diamond Icon - Red.png August 16

  • The Mystery Dungeon Fandom wiki was closed.

Diamond Icon - Purple.png August 16

  • The Project Museum is created. Hosting the original Shiren wiki pages from WikiFoundry.

Diamond Icon - Purple.png September 24

Diamond Icon - Blue.png December 31

  • The Twitter account reaches 1,000 followers, just in time for the new year. (link)

2022[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Blue.png June 26

  • The Twitter account now posts daily scheduled Tweets.

2023[edit | edit source]

Diamond Icon - Purple.png March 2

Diamond Icon - Blue.png May 18

  • The Twitter account reaches 2,000 followers.

Unknown[edit | edit source]

  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Wiki is founded.
  • Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Fandom Wiki is redirected to the Fandom Rescue Team Wiki. (Post-September 11, 2019 founding of the Franchise Wiki.)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Wiki is redirected to the Fandom Rescue Team Wiki. (Post-September 11, 2019 founding of the Franchise Wiki.)

Logo Through the Years[edit | edit source]

Dates provided for the Wetpaint/WikiFoundry Wiki are based on archived web pages and not the exact dates that the images were implemented/retired.

  • Wetpaint/WikiFoundry: January 23, 2009 to April 21, 2016.

  • WikiFoundry: Between April 21, 2016 and April 3, 2017 until June 1, 2021.

  • Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com: September 24, 2018 until September 13, 2019.

  • Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com: September 13 2019 to September 17, 2019.

  • Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com, Independent: September 17 2019 to November 8, 2020.

  • Independent: November 8 2020 to March 25, 2021.

  • Independent: March 25, 2021 to present.

Partnered / Absorbed Wikis[edit | edit source]

  • Shiren 3 WikiFoundry - unknown to June 1, 2021.

  • Rescue Team Fandom.com - unknown to December 19, 2019.

  • Explorers Fandom.com - unknown to late 2019.

  • The Fandom Rescue Team Wiki was closed on December 19, 2019. However, the wiki is still active as an archive.
  • The Fandom Explorers Wiki was re-directed sometime after September 11, 2019, before the Rescue Team Wiki was closed.
  • The Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki didn't feature a logo.

Favicons Through the Years[edit | edit source]

  • Shiren the Wanderer Wetpaint - March 11, 2008 to 2013

  • Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wetpaint - September 24 2008 to 2013

  • Shiren the Wanderer WikiFoundry - 2013 to June 1, 2021

  • Shiren the Wanderer 3 WikiFoundry - 2013 to June 1, 2021

  • Shiren the Wanderer Wikia.com - January 7, 2010 to unknown, early 2019 at the latest.

  • Shiren the Wanderer Fandom.com - Early 2019 to redirect.

  • Fandom Rescue Team - unknown

  • Fandom Explorers - unknown to redirect.

  • Shiren the Wanderer Gamepedia.com - September 26 2018 to September 11, 2019

  • Mystery Dungeon Wiki Gamepedia.com - September 11, 2019 to November 7, 2020

  • Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Independent - November 7, 2020 - September 19, 2022

  • Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Independent - September 19, 2022 ~

  • The Shiren Fandom Wiki's new Favicon post-Fandom.com was presumably whatever the Fandom default was at the time.

Project Tree[edit | edit source]

Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
Mar 11, 2008 - Jul. 2013
 
Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki
Sep 24, 2008 - Jul. 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wikifoundry Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
Jul 2013 - Jun 1, 2021
 
Wikifoundry Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki
Jul. 2013 - Jun 1, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gamepedia Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
Sep. 24, 2018 - Sep. 11, 2019
 
 
 
 
Fandom Rescue Team Wiki
Dec. 13, 2012
 
Fandom Explorers Wiki
??? - Sep. 11, 2019
 
Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
??? - Sep. 11, 2019
 
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord
Oct. 21, 2018
 
PMD Wiki
??? - ???
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mystery Dungeon Wiki Twitter
Feb. 20 2020 - Nov. 7, 2020
 
Mystery Dungeon Wiki
Sep. 11, 2019 - Aug. 16, 2021
 
Mystery Dungeon Wiki Discord
Sep. 11, 2019 - Nov. 7, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Forums
 
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Twitter
Nov. 7, 2020
 
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
Nov. 7, 2020
 
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Discord
Nov. 7, 2020
 
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Project Museum
Aug. 16, 2021
 
 

See Also[edit | edit source]

v • d • e
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
Shiren the Wanderer Wikis Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer Wiki (Wikifoundry) • Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki (Wikifoundry) • Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki • Gamepedia Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Wikis Fandom Rescue Team Wiki • Fandom Explorers Wiki • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord • PMD Wiki
Mystery Dungeon Wiki Gamepedia Mystery Dungeon Wiki (Discord • Reddit • Twitter)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (Affiliates • Discord • Facebook • Forums • Instagram • Museum • Reddit • Twitter) • Wiki Team

References[edit | edit source]

Logos[edit | edit source]

  • [14] Last archived usage of the original Wetpaint/WikiFoundry logo.
  • [15] First archived usage of the new WikiFoundry logo.
  • [16] WikiFoundry will be retired June 1, 2021.
  • [17] Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com wiki logo history archive.
  • [18] Wikia.com domains changed to Fandom.com in early 2019.
  • [19] Blog post announcing that all Gamepedia.com wikis have been moved to the Fandom.com domain.
  • [20] Blog post announcing that the FandomDesktop skin was applied to almost all of the Fandom wikis.
  1. ↑ http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/page/Main/history;jsessionid=F2DC0E3D596B1CE23B7957B53D72F02B?offset=180&maxResults=20 Original Shiren wiki founding.
  2. ↑ http://shiren3.wikifoundry.com/page/Shiren+the+Wanderer+3+Wii+Home/history Shiren 3 Wiki founding.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203434/http://shiren.wikia.com/wiki/Shiren_the_Wanderer_Wiki?action=history Shiren Wiki on Wikia created.
  4. ↑ https://shiren.fandom.com/ Shiren Wiki on Fandom. (17 pages, deleted.)
  5. ↑ https://pmd-rt.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_Rescue_Team_Wiki?offset=20130326091830&action=history Fandom Rescue Team Wiki founded.
  6. ↑ http://www.wikifoundrycentral.com/thread/5139827/Wet+Paint+Wiki Wetpaint Wikis purchased by WikiFoundry.
  7. ↑ http://main.wikifoundry.com/page/About July 2013, WikiFoundry purchases all Wetpaint Wikis.
  8. ↑ http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/thread/5292918/Wiki+Restored%2C+New+Admins WikiFoundry shuts down the Shiren Wiki. Shiren1111 takes over.
  9. ↑ https://pmd-rt.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_Rescue_Team_Wiki?direction=next&oldid=10164 The Fandom PMD Wikis partner up.
  10. ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943250-shiren-the-wanderer/76931749 Shiren 3 Wiki ported to WikiFoundry.
  11. ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/106641-shiren-the-wanderer-the-tower-of-fortune-and-the-dice-of/76991486 The Shiren the Wanderer Wiki leaves WikiFoundry for Gamepedia.com.
  12. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Shiren/comments/bc968t/the_old_wetpaintwikifoundry_shiren_wiki_has_been/ Shiren Wiki finally finished being ported to Gamepedia.com.
  13. ↑ https://pmd-explorers.fandom.com/wiki/PMD_Explorers_Wiki Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki. (27 or 29 pages, deleted)
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160421022108/http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170403080228/http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/
  16. ↑ http://www.wikifoundrycentral.com/thread/5392795/Wiki+platform+will+be+decommissioned+on+June+1st
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://mysterydungeon.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wiki.png
  18. ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Brandon_Rhea/Wiki_domains_will_be_changing_from_wikia.com_to_fandom.com_in_early_2019
  19. ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/Introducing_FandomDesktop,_the_new_look_and_feel_for_desktop_users
  20. ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/This_Month_at_Fandom_-_July_2021
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