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Turnback Cave		もどりのどうくつ Returning Cave
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Location:

Sendoff Spring

Region:

Sinnoh

Generations:

IV

Location of Turnback Cave in Sinnoh.

Pokémon world locations

Turnback Cave (Japanese: もどりのどうくつ Returning Cave) is a maze-like cave filled with dense fog which is home to the legendary Pokémon, Giratina. Turnback Cave is located at the north-central region of Sendoff Spring, which itself may only be accessed through the Spring Path. In Diamond and Pearl, in the room Giratina resides in is an inscription that implies the cave is a location where the separation between the real world and the Distortion World is weaker. This is more or less confirmed in Platinum, where a portal to the Distortion World appears in front of the inscription. It reads:

This is... That where life sparkles... That where life has faded... A place where two worlds overlap...

The only way to locate Giratina is to pass the three pillars before passing through thirty rooms as the inscription in the entrance says:

...Past three pillars...to the sleeping... ...before 30 is surpassed...

There is no way to consistently traverse the cave as rooms are always randomized upon entry, but the best hint to navigate the puzzle is to look at the pattern of rocks on the floor of each room, and enter the door out of the three which has the odd pattern. When the three pillars have been encountered the first time, Giratina will be in the next room. Escape Ropes and Dig cannot be used to escape, but if one turns back and leaves through the door from which they entered, it will warp them directly to the first room. When the player reaches a pillar and examines it two numbers will appear: the top number indicates which pillar the player is looking at, and the bottom indicates how many rooms have been passed through on the way to it.

After catching Giratina, one can return through the cave to obtain a rare item, depending on how many rooms it takes to reach Giratina's room again. In just 3 rooms, the item will be a Reaper Cloth; 4 to 15 will earn a Rare Bone; 16 to 30 will earn a Stardust. Over 30 rooms, of course, will return the player to the entrance. Riding the Bicycle seems to increase the chance of next entering a pillar room. Rare items regenerate by returning to the cave each time, and they can even be received with Giratina still in the room. In Pokémon Platinum, it will have an item and the portal to the Distortion World.

Geography

Rooms and pillars

There is much mystery shrouding Turnback Cave, in relation to getting consistently to Giratina's room. Rooms occur randomly when the player goes through an entrance. The only way to locate Giratina is to pass the three pillars before passing through thirty rooms. The best hint to navigate the puzzle is to look at the pattern of rocks on the floor of each room, and enter the door out of the three which has the odd pattern. Riding the Bicycle also seems to help. Some players have tried to enter a certain door repeatedly —like the northern door— and sometimes this oddly works, however this is only a coincidence. When the three pillars have been encountered the first time, Giratina will be in the next room. Each pillar has two numbers on it: the top number indicates which pillar the player is looking at, and the bottom indicates how many rooms have been passed through on the way to it.

Items

	Location	Games
Reaper Cloth	Every time the player reaches the last room by passing through only 3 rooms.	D P Pt
Rare Bone	Every time the player reaches the last room by passing through 4-15 rooms.	D P Pt
Stardust	Every time the player reaches the last room by passing through 16-30 rooms.	D P Pt

Pokémon

File:Giratina altered platinum.png

Altered Forme Giratina at Turnback Cave in Platinum

Before encountering a pillar

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

	Golbat

D

P

Pt

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+==Layout==
+===Entrance, Pillar Room, and Girantina's Room===
+{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #000; border: 3px solid #{{shadow color dark}}"
+|-
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Version
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}" | Entrance
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}" | Pillar Room
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Giratina's Room
+|-
+! style="background:#{{diamond color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond}}
+| rowspan="2" | [[File:Turnback Cave Entrance DP.png|250px]]
+| rowspan="3" | [[File:Turnback Pillar.png|250px]]
+| rowspan="2" | [[File:Turnback Cave Giratina DPPt.png|250px]]
+|-
+! style="background:#{{pearl color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pearl}}
+|-
+! style="background:#{{platinum color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}
+| [[File:Turnback Cave Entrance Pt.png|250px]]
+| [[File:Turnback Cave Giratina Pt.png|250px]]
+|-
+| colspan="4" style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp;
+|}
+===Random Rooms===
+{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #000; border: 3px solid #{{shadow color dark}}"
+|-
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Version
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}" | Between Entrance and First Pillar
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}" | Between First and Second Pillars
+! style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Between Second and Third Pillars
+|-
+! style="background:#{{diamond color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond}}
+| rowspan="3" | [[File:Turnback Cave No Pillar Random Rooms Room DPPt.png|250px]]
+| rowspan="3" | [[File:Turnback Cave One Pillar Random Rooms DPPt.png|250px]]
+| rowspan="3" | [[File:Turnback Cave Two Pillar Random Rooms DPPt.png|250px]]
+|-
+! style="background:#{{pearl color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pearl}}
+|-
+! style="background:#{{platinum color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}
+|-
+| colspan="4" style="background:#{{shadow color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp;
+|}
 ==Trivia==
 * In {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, the item that can be obtained in the last room can be found right behind Giratina, hidden out of sight. Giratina does not have to be battled to obtain the item.
-* In {{game|Platinum}}, if {{p|Giratina}} is not caught in the [[Distortion World]] then it will appear here, in the final room instead of the portal to the [[Distortion World]]. However, after it has been battled, the portal will appear where it was.
+* In {{game|Platinum}}, if {{p|Giratina}} is not caught in the [[Distortion World]] then it will appear here, in the final room on top of the portal to the [[Distortion World]]. After it has been battled, the portal will be accessible.
 * Turnback Cave is similar to locations in [[Kanto]] and [[Hoenn]].
 ** In Kanto, [[Cerulean Cave]] can only be visited after defeating the [[Elite Four]] (Generation I) or obtaining the National Pokédex (Generations III and IV), and is home to high-level [[wild Pokémon]] and a {{p|Mewtwo|level 70 legendary Pokémon}}.

Version	Pillar Room	Giratina's Room
Diamond	File:Turnback Pillar.png	File:Turnback Cave Giratina DPPt.png
Pearl		File:Turnback Cave Giratina DPPt.png
Platinum

Version	Between Entrance and First Pillar	Between First and Second Pillars	Between Second and Third Pillars
Diamond	File:Turnback Cave No Pillar Random Rooms Room DPPt.png
Pearl
Platinum

Turnback Cave: Difference between revisions

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Geography

Rooms and pillars

Items

Pokémon

Before encountering a pillar

First pillar room

Between first and second pillars

Second pillar room

Between second and third pillars

Third pillar room

After the third pillar

Layout

Entrance, Pillar Room, and Girantina's Room

Random Rooms

Trivia

In other languages

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