Turnback Cave

Turnback Cave		戻りの洞窟 Returning Cave
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"

Location:

Sendoff Spring^DPPt^BDSP
Spring Path^LA

Region:

Sinnoh

Generations:

IV, VIII

Location of Turnback Cave in Sinnoh.

Pokémon world locations

Turnback Cave (Japanese: 戻りの洞窟 Returning Cave) is a cave which is home to the Legendary Pokémon Giratina. In Sinnoh, it is located at the north-central region of Sendoff Spring, which itself may be accessed through the Spring Path. The cave can only be entered after entering the Hall of Fame. In Hisui, it is located in the center of a tall mountain crater in the Spring Path, which lies at the northwestern corner of the Cobalt Coastlands. Due to the slope of the crater, Turnback Cave is primarily accessible via Ride Pokémon.

Escape Ropes and Dig cannot be used to leave Turnback Cave.

Geography

Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl

Rooms and pillars

A pillar

Turnback Cave is a maze-like cave filled with dense fog. The cave has a fixed starting point—the entrance room—and a fixed terminal room—Giratina's room. The rooms between those points are random every time the player goes through a door, and the room generated will be in one of two types of layouts: a room with a single pillar in the center, or a room with an odd pattern of rocks that may obstruct other entrances. The type of room expected to generate will persist even after loading a save.

To reach Giratina's room, the player must find three pillar rooms; the room immediately after the third pillar room found is guaranteed to be Giratina's room. If the player passes through a total of 30 rooms before arriving at Giratina's room, the next door that is entered will return the player to the entrance room, where another attempt can be made. If a saved game is loaded in an intermediate room, the door the player originally entered by will not be remembered, meaning no door will lead to the entrance unless 30 rooms have already been entered. Exiting a room through the door from which it was entered returns the player to the entrance room, with the exception of the third pillar room or the door from the entrance room leading to Sendoff Spring.

In the entrance room, the inscription on the wall on the central pedestal reads:

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

The inscription at the base of the pillars in the pillar rooms between the entrance room and Giratina's room feature two numbers. The first denotes which pillar room the player is in, while the second denotes how many total rooms the player has traversed (including the current room) since leaving the entrance room.

Giratina's Room

Giratina's room has four entrances like other rooms in the cave, and from each a set of stairs descends to a central pedestal upon which Giratina will stand (or an item if Giratina has already been caught). In Pokémon Platinum, Giratina will only be present if the player did not catch it in the Distortion World. If Giratina has been caught, there will be a portal to the Distortion World where the player can obtain the Griseous Orb. If Giratina is not present, there will be an item, which reappears upon each subsequent visit to the room. Exiting any one of the doors from this room will return the player back to the entrance room.

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, there is an inscription on the wall on the central pedestal that reads:

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

Legends: Arceus

Turnback Cave is a small yet spacious rounded cavern that is empty, with stone pillars lining the wall. Giratina will appear in the cave after accepting Request 91: "On The Trail of Giratina" from Professor Laventon.

Items

	Location	Games
Reaper Cloth	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
Rare Bone	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
Griseous Core	Rewarded for catching Giratina to complete Request 91	LA