Turnback Cave is a location introduced in Generation IV.
Description[]
Turnback Cave is a cave in the Sinnoh region that is home to the legendary Pokémon, Giratina. It can be found by going to Sendoff Spring, which is located past Spring Path. Turnback Cave can only be accessed once the player has received the National Pokédex, since this is the way to access Sendoff Spring.
To get to the Turnback Cave, the player character must go to Route 214, then go down a bit and to the little opening to the east. The player must continue east and north on that path until they reach Sendoff Spring. The player has to use Rock Climb to the east of the two trees, then go across and back until they reach another area where they can use Rock Climb. From there, the player must go down in order to enter Turnback Cave.
Once inside, the player has to travel between rooms, choosing one of four directions, in order to find a total of three pillars. Other than the starting area, the layout of Turnback Cave is randomized, and these rooms appear similarly to one another, aside from having a randomized layout of rocks. In the area with the third pillar, any entrance the player chooses leads into the room with Giratina, whom the player can battle by interacting with it. If the player has finished the battle and returns, that room also contains one of four daily items, depending on how fast they got there: Reaper Cloth, Nugget, Rare Bone, or Stardust. Every room is filled with fog, apart from the room with the portal, and every room has breakable rocks, except the first, last, and those with pillars.
The player can go through up to thirty rooms before returning to the start, or they can go through the same door as they entered the room through. Unlike most caves, Turnback Cave does not allow the player to exit by using an Escape Rope or having one of their Pokémon use Dig.
Changes were made to Turnback Cave in Pokémon Platinum Version. Cynthia blocks the entrance to Turnback Cave until the player wins against her. Giratina does not appear in the final room unless the player fails to capture it in the Distortion World, and the Turnback Cave now features Giratina in its Altered Forme. There is a portal in the final room that cannot be entered until the player either defeats, flees from, or catches Giratina. After doing so, the player can enter the portal to travel to a small section of the Distortion World where they can obtain Giratina's special item, the Griseous Orb.
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