Turnback Cave

12 Pokémon can be caught at Turnback Cave in Sinnoh — highlighted on the map below.

Turnback Cave serves as the lair of Giratina, a Legendary Pokémon. Its Sinnoh location sits at the northern end of Sendoff Spring, reached via the Spring Path, and only opens up once the Hall of Fame has been entered. In Hisui, the cave instead lies within a steep mountain crater on the Spring Path in the northwestern Cobalt Coastlands, where Ride Pokémon are needed to descend the slope. Neither Escape Ropes nor Dig will remove the player from its depths.

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Pokémon at Turnback Cave

Section 1

PokémonGamesMethodLevelsRarity
BronzongBronzongDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking45-46 Morning
BronzorBronzorDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking44 Morning
BronzorBronzorPlatinumWalking15 Morning
ChinglingChinglingPlatinumWalking16-18 Morning
DuskullDuskullPlatinumWalking18 Morning
GastlyGastlyPlatinumWalking15-17 Morning
GolbatGolbatDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking45-46 Morning
GolbatGolbatPlatinumWalking17-18 Morning
HaunterHaunterDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking44-46 Morning
LunatoneLunatoneDiamondPearlWalking44-46 Morning
LunatoneLunatonePlatinumWalking18 Morning
SolrockSolrockDiamondPearlWalking44-46 Morning
SolrockSolrockPlatinumWalking18 Morning
DuskullDuskullPlatinumWalking16-18 Night

Section 2

PokémonGamesMethodLevelsRarity
BronzongBronzongDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking55-56 Morning
BronzongBronzongPlatinumWalking35 Morning
BronzorBronzorDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking54 Morning
ChimechoChimechoPlatinumWalking36-38 Morning
DusclopsDusclopsPlatinumWalking38 Morning
GolbatGolbatDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking55-56 Morning
GolbatGolbatPlatinumWalking37-38 Morning
HaunterHaunterDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking54-56 Morning
HaunterHaunterPlatinumWalking35-37 Morning
LunatoneLunatoneDiamondPearlWalking54-56 Morning
LunatoneLunatonePlatinumWalking38 Morning
SolrockSolrockDiamondPearlWalking54-56 Morning
SolrockSolrockPlatinumWalking38 Morning
ChinglingChinglingPlatinumWalking36-38 Day
DusclopsDusclopsPlatinumWalking36-38 Night

Section 3

PokémonGamesMethodLevelsRarity
BronzongBronzongDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking65-66 Morning
BronzongBronzongPlatinumWalking45 Morning
BronzorBronzorDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking64 Morning
ChimechoChimechoPlatinumWalking45-47 Morning
DusclopsDusclopsPlatinumWalking47-48 Morning
GolbatGolbatDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking65-66 Morning
GolbatGolbatPlatinumWalking45-47 Morning
HaunterHaunterDiamondPearlBrilliant DiamondShining PearlWalking64-66 Morning
HaunterHaunterPlatinumWalking45-47 Morning
LunatoneLunatoneDiamondPearlWalking64-66 Morning
SolrockSolrockDiamondPearlWalking64-66 Morning
DusclopsDusclopsPlatinumWalking46-48 Night

Section 4

PokémonGamesMethodLevelsRarity
GiratinaGiratinaDiamondPearlInteract70 Morning
GiratinaGiratinaPlatinumInteract47 Morning