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| {{Catch/header|cave}} | | {{Catch/header|cave}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Grass|45-46|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Cave|45-46|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Grass|44-46|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Cave|44-46|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Grass|44|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Cave|44|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Grass|45-46|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Cave|45-46|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{Catch/footer|cave}} | | {{Catch/footer|cave}} |
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| ====Between first and second pillars==== | | ====Between first and second pillars==== |
| {{catch/header|cave}} | | {{catch/header|cave}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Grass|55-56|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Cave|55-56|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Grass|54-56|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Cave|54-56|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Grass|54|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Cave|54|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Grass|55-56|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Cave|55-56|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{catch/footer|cave}} | | {{catch/footer|cave}} |
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| ====Between second and third pillars==== | | ====Between second and third pillars==== |
| {{catch/header|cave}} | | {{catch/header|cave}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Grass|65-66|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|042|Golbat|yes|yes|Cave|65-66|all=30%|type1=Poison|type2=Flying}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Grass|64-66|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|093|Haunter|yes|yes|Cave|64-66|all=30%|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Grass|64|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|436|Bronzor|yes|yes|Cave|64|all=5%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Grass|65-66|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} | | {{Catch/entrybdsp|437|Bronzong|yes|yes|Cave|65-66|all=35%|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic}} |
| {{catch/footer|cave}} | | {{catch/footer|cave}} |
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Turnback Cave (Japanese: 戻りの洞窟 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 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, there is an inscription in the pillar in the room Giratina resides in that implies the cave is a location where the separation between the real world and the Distortion World is weaker. In Pokémon Platinum, a portal to the Distortion World appears in front of the pillar. The inscription reads:
- This is... That where life sparkles... That where life has faded... A place where two worlds overlap...
Geography
Rooms and pillars
When a player exits a room, the next will be randomly chosen from a selection of possible rooms. If the player walks out the door through which they entered a room, they will return to the entrance room; from the entrance room, the player can exit to Sendoff Spring. If the player navigates 30 rooms without finding the third pillar, the next door returns them to the entrance room. Escape Ropes and Dig cannot be used to escape. The inscription in the pillar at the entrance room reads:
- ...Past three pillars...to the sleeping... ...before 30 is surpassed...
After the player has found three pillar rooms, the next room will be Giratina's room. In Pokémon Platinum, Giratina will only be in this room if the player did not catch it in the Distortion World. If Giratina is not present, there will be an item each time it is reached, with the item depending on the number of rooms the player navigated to reach it: a Reaper Cloth if they reach it in 3 rooms, a Rare Bone if they reach it in 4 to 15, and a Stardust if they reach it in 16 to 30. In Pokémon Platinum, after catching Giratina, there will also be a portal to the Distortion World, where the player can obtain the Griseous Orb.
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 the player passed through on the way to it.
Items
Before being able to obtain the item at the end of the cave, the player must first catch or defeat Giratina. In Pokémon Platinum, if the player defeated Giratina in the Distortion World, they must defeat or catch it here and traverse through the cave again in order to be able to obtain items here.
| Item
|
Location
|
Games
|
|
Reaper Cloth
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Giratina's room, if the player reached it by passing through only 3 rooms and Giratina is not present (reappears each time)
|
D P Pt BD SP
|
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Rare Bone
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Giratina's room, if the player reached it by passing through 4-15 rooms and Giratina is not present (reappears each time)
|
D P Pt BD SP
|
|
Stardust
|
Giratina's room, if the player reached it by passing through 16-30 rooms and Giratina is not present (reappears each time)
|
D P Pt BD SP
|
|
|
Pokémon
Generation IV
Altered Forme Giratina at Turnback Cave in Platinum
Before encountering a pillar
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
45-46
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
17-18
|
25%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
15, 17
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
16
|
10%
|
10%
|
0%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
44-46
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
18
|
5%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
16
|
0%
|
0%
|
10%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
16, 18
|
10%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
44
|
5%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
15
|
20%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
45-46
|
35%
|
| Special Pokémon
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
44, 46
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
18
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
44, 46
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
18
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
18
|
4%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Between first and second pillars
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
55-56
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
25, 27
|
25%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
54-56
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
25, 27
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
26
|
10%
|
10%
|
0%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
1%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
4%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
26
|
0%
|
0%
|
10%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
1%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
26, 28
|
9%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
54
|
5%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
25
|
20%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
55-56
|
35%
|
| Special Pokémon
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
54, 56
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
54, 56
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
28
|
4%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Between second and third pillars
Only five of the six possible rooms have wild encounters; the second of the possible rooms between these pillars never has wild encounters.
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
65-66
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
37-38
|
25%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
64-66
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
35, 37
|
30%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
36
|
10%
|
10%
|
0%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
36
|
0%
|
0%
|
10%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
38
|
5%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
36, 38
|
10%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
64
|
5%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
65-66
|
35%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
35
|
20%
|
| Special Pokémon
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
64, 66
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
38
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
64, 66
|
8%
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
38
|
8%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Giratina's room
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
| Special Pokémon
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
Only one
|
|
70
|
One
|
|
|
D
|
P
|
Pt
|
|
|
Only one
|
|
47
|
One
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Generation VIII
Before encountering a pillar
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
45-46
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
44-46
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
44
|
5%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
45-46
|
35%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Between first and second pillars
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
55-56
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
54-56
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
54
|
5%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
55-56
|
35%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Between second and third pillars
| Pokémon
|
Games
|
Location
|
Levels
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
65-66
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
64-66
|
30%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
64
|
5%
|
|
|
BD
|
SP
|
|
65-66
|
35%
|
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
|
Giratina's room
Layout
Entrance, pillar room, and Giratina's room
Random rooms
| Version
|
Between entrance and first pillar
|
Between first and second pillars
|
Between second and third pillars
|
| Diamond
|
|
|
|
| Pearl
|
| Platinum
|
|
|
In the manga
The Distortion World portal in Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Adventures
In The Final Dimensional Duel V, Flint and Volkner entered the Distortion World through Turnback Cave. They were soon after followed by Platinum, Palmer, Cheryl, Riley, Mira, Marley, and the Advanced level Grunt. After leading the group to the portal, the Grunt was about to head out, but he was stopped by Platinum, who voiced her distrust towards him. She, however, promised to protect him from Team Galactic, which the Grunt agreed to, and led them through the portal.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
Turnback Cave appeared in Enter the Distortion World!. After managing to make Kaisei spill out how to get to the Distortion World, Charon traveled to the cave and entered Giratina's realm through it with Kaisei, followed by Hareta, Koya, and Jun.
Trivia
- Turnback Cave is similar to certain locations in Kanto and Hoenn:
- Turnback Cave's system of seemingly random room layout may be an advanced version of the system used in Lost Cave in the Sevii Islands in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Turnback Cave and the Distortion World may draw some inspiration from the Japanese underworld, Yomi. Giratina itself can be seen as a parallel to the kami Izanami.
- Turnback Cave shares its music with that of the Old Chateau. However, in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the version of the track used in Turnback Cave and the surrounding areas is noticeably lacking certain soundfonts. Interestingly, this variation is not recognized as a separate track in the game's audio files and the normal variation of the track is used in Pokémon Platinum, suggesting the difference between the versions was unintentional.
In other languages
See also
