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A tower overlooking the southwestern-most tip of Liurnia of the lakes. |
Chelona's Rise is a Location in Elden Ring. The Chelona's Rise is found at the Moonlight Altar plateau, high above in the southwest of Liurnia of the Lakes. The Moonlight Altar is accessible only after making significant progress in Ranni's questline, up to the point where you defeat Astel, Naturalborn of the Void in the Grand Cloister and gain access to the lift in the Deep Ainsel Well, which leads up to the plateau. Players can reach Chelona's Rise by traveling south from the Ringleader's Evergaol.
Chelona's Rise Map
Chelona's Rise's is situated on the southwestern-most tip of the Moonlight Altar sub-region in Liurnia. [Elden Ring Map Link].
All NPCs and Merchants in Chelona's Rise
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All Items in Elden Ring's Chelona's Rise
Unique, Ashes and Keys
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Elden Ring Chelona's Rise Creatures, Enemies, and Bosses
Regular Creatures and Enemies
Field Bosses and Bosses
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Chelona's Rise Walkthrough
Along the long stretch of land between Ringleader's Evergaol and Chelona's Rise, you will find a path laden with crystals and several non-boss variants of Crystalians guarding the area. Past this pathway is a large open field with three gazebos by the cliffs. There is a Lesser Red Wolf of Radagon to be fought here which drops 
4518 Runes upon death and does not respawn. Check each gazebo to find a total of 6 Smithing Stone (7) and 3 Smithing Stone (8). Chelona's Rise is found further south from the gazebos.
Chelona's Rise, like most field towers is sealed by a barrier upon initial visit. There is an Imp Statue by the entrance holding a glowing book, asking you to "seek three great wise beasts". The Great Wise Beasts in question are Giant Ghostly Turtles that you will need to search for and attack. Unlike most towers, the locations for these are spread very far apart on this entire plateau.
Important: Do NOT fast travel or rest at a site of grace while looking for the turtles or the turtles you have not destroyed will despawn until you examine the statue again.
First Location
The first turtle can be found directly west of the tower, hanging by the cliff face.
Use a ranged attack or a melee skill with AoE to hit it. [Map Link]
Second Location
The second turtle is found far to the east, south of Lunar Estate Ruins.
Head towards the edge of the plateau and look down to see the turtle sitting on a lower cliff. [Map Link]
Occasionally this turtle does not spawn and can potentially be skipped.
NOTE: To ensure the turtle spawns, make sure to start at the Altar South Site of Grace then move east. Fast traveling to other Sites of Grace in the area can cause the turtle to not spawn.
NOTE 2: If you can't see the turtle at the cliff, try to throw a AoE spell or item (even an arrow should work) where the it should be. Than head to the third turtle.
Third Location
The final turtle is found southeast of Ringleader's Evergaol, flying high above. There is a Spiritspring nearby that you can jump from with Torrent, flying through the turtle while in the air. It's very obvious to see under the spiritspring, if you don't see the turtle, try going to Altar South, interacting with the imp statue book, then running to the Spiritspring. [Map Link]
NOTE: If you can't see the turtle midair, try jumping at the Spiritspring anyway. It may take some tries, but it you hit the right place where the turtle should be a message will show up saying that the tower is now open.
Once all three turtles are killed, you will be notified that the seal has unlocked. Make your way up the tower to find a chest with the Ranni's Dark Moon spell.
Elden Ring Chelona's Rise Gallery and Notes
If you do use a site of grace to reach one of the turtles faster, it will not appear. However, you can make them visible again.To solve the Elden Ring Chelona's Rise turtles not spawning bug:
Go back to the tower and read the book again, then return to the location of the turtle without hopping across bonfires
AnonymousWait until night and then interact with the statue DO NOT FAST TRAVEL and you should be good I did this and it for some reason unlocked after only killing the first and second turtles I think the devs screwed up because they made each one so far it bugs itself especially with the fast travel
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found the 1st one nearby no problem. the second one was being buggy and didn't want to spawn. did what someone said on here, to rest til night, touch the statue and the door, then ride over to the far east part where it spawns, and it was there.
and then i never even touched the third one in the air at the spirit spring. i had used it once earlier, but didn't see anything.
the tower opened after i killed the 2nd one at the far east cliffs.
so yea, buggy af.
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I killed 1st one at cliff side and instantly get notification about broken seal. Didn't had to search for two remaining ones.
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if you read the sign that says "seek three wise beasts" it seems to make them spawn\
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I killed 1 and 3 and then 2 did not spawn, went back to reactivate, none are there, i have died and fast traveled. aefghijrsujkbdfghnsbhjefgrabhuegr
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Nothing like a buggy game and a **** puzzle to ruin my night
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Okay, I hate crabs, lobsters, dogs, snakes, and now I hate turtles
I struggled with the turtle in the first location that's hanging off the cliff. I'm an Astrologer that primarily uses sorceries and didn't have a bow or crossbow at this time. And the turtle is un-targetable, and I kept missing with various sorceries. I even tried the telescope trick.
Luckily, I was able to hit the turtle on my first try with a kukri! Other throwing consumable items might work. Good luck.
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Doggo can be cheesed on the tiny tucked in and down cliff space behind and to the right of the middle gazebo. He will fall down 2-3 times and reset, but lose HP and eventually die.
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Dont worry about death resetting the turtle quest.
Just avoid fast traveling.
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Has anyone had any luck getting them to spawn if you already got one before you fast travelled? I can't get it to work and I'm worried it's punishment for killing too many of the normal turtles in frustration.
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This is actually the worst ****ing puzzle in the whole game, lost so much time running back and forth from the tower to the turtles because they didn't spawn
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I only killed the one near the rise, and the one south of the ruins.
Nani the ****, but hey easy
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1.04 I killed the first tortoise, and teleported to the Moon Altar site and the 2nd and 3rd didn't appear, I think this is the mistake. Web need to locate the 3 tortoises in one través, without resting in a site of Grace ir fast-travelling.
Go to the Moon Altar site, ride to the Rise and read the Imp Book. Then, kill the first tortoise, go riding to the 2nd, and ride again to the 3rd.
Then the barrier will open. I did this and worked...
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for the second the only workaround is to rest until night (interacting with the imp statue book and door for good) then it will appear
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Turtle 3 is the most peaceful creature in this game. Floating, moisturized, unbothered.
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the second turtle spawned after i read the imb book while at night. then the seal was broken
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had to look at the barrier to make blue turt 2 spawn, but i didn't have to get 3 so i'm guessing i ran into it accidentally while spirit springing around blindly?
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use Adula's Moonglade on the rocks and he's easy to kill lol
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It looks like the turtle are only invisible but still here, I only had to kill the first two. I think I killed the floating one accidentally when I use the spriit spring earlier
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I encountered Glinstone Dragon Adula while searching for the turtles and died. When I went back to the turtles I had previously killed they weren’t at their spots so I went to the one I hadn’t killed and killed it. The seal then opened. It looks like dying doesn’t reset your progress.
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I killed the first turtle then the 2nd turtle, the 3rd never spawned but after fast traveling to the altar and activating the lectern the 2nd turtle spawned again, killed it and the seal unlocked .
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bro I waited so long to beat all 3 dragons bc I thought those were the 3 wise beasts and it was ghost turtles? I never even saw one of them :O
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Just a small correction, they are tortoise, which is an animal known for living a long time, hence wise beasts. Turtles have flippers or webbed feet.
This page saved me hours of time finding those turtles. Whoever wrote this, you da real MVP
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Fromsoftware puzzles are like, here's a haystack, find the needle. Requires intelligence.
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I only had to kill two turtles but I used the springjump before I even read the imp thing so idk how I missed the flying turtle.
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I used Freezing Mist on the turtle on the edge cliff and it opened for me, I had not killed or even located either of the other turtles, possible bug linking them with frostbite and other status effects?
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So, my partner was playing and died, twice, after killing only the flying one. Then they respawned, killed the other two, and the gate unlocked.
the turtles dont spawn suppose to be a bug that needed fix, i lost 1 hour running around this shithole and cant find the 2nd and 3rd turtle lol
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1.04, I believe the bug may have to do with some sort of spawn limit. At first I couldn't see the 2nd and 3rd turtle, then I rested till night (not sure if relevant), went around and killed many of the turtles around the ghost turtle spawn points, then the ghost turtles showed up for me. I would also recommend quitting & reloading game after killing normal turtles and see if it helps. Good luck tarnished.
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In 1.04 if you can’t see the turtles where they’re supposed to be, go back and read the book imp statue in the front of Chelona’s rise. If this doesn’t work, wait until night and read it again.
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Annoying asf I'm just tryna get my boo's Moon why it gotta be so damn complicated
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I killed the first, second was missing, killed the third, fast traveled to the tower and the seal was open.
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I killed the first, second was missing, killed the third, fast traveled to the tower and the seal was open.
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If the second turtle does not spawn, try activating the gargoyle lectern and heading directly back. It worked for me.
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The note for reseting the turtles works for other Rises as well. Died while looking for one in a tree, then couldn’t find it, read the book again, and then it was visible.
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I'm not sure this will help anyone, but for me I went to the location of the second turtle in this guide. He wasn't there. I traveled to Moonlight Altar, past time to night, jumped on the air pad and the notification the rise was open showed up. So I hope this works for someone.
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As of 1.04 I don’t think we have to hit the 3 turtles uninterrupted. I couldn’t get the 2 that I already found to respawn, but I was able to see the seal lifted when I returned to the area and only shot the one I was missing.
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1.04, just killed the first two turtles as listed here and then it said the seal opened and I never had to go find the third.
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Patch 1.04 , still buggy. I got the 1st (Cliffside), 2nd (east) was missing, 3rd (west) did a weird thing where it seemed (from a distance) to not be there; so I killed the dragons since I was coming back to this zone for this. And then the turtle loaded in. Did killing the dragons make a difference or was it just a delayed load in? I can't tell w/o starting a new game to test. If anyone else can actually go all the way to the wind tunnel and see it not load then go to the dragons (kill both) and then go back to see if the turtle loads.
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this **** is so bugged 2nd turtle wasnt there i went to caelid got killed came back and there it was, sitting in the exact same spot i searched like crazy before.
i love fromsoft and elden ring but please fix your ****
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I killed the first two, couldn't find the third. I ran at the rise from NSWE each and jumped, and it marked the third as dead
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The 2nd turtle wasn’t there for me on first inspection. I went back and examined the imp again and returned. It was there on my 2nd try. It switched from day to night and I would guess it had more to do with that than 2nd examine. So try night if it isn’t there.
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This quest is hella buggy. My first time searching for the turtles, literally none of them spawned. I had to reset the area probably four or five times before two of the three turtles actually spawned. The spirit spring one never spawned, but the rise still opened after I killed the other two.
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It should also be noted that you can approach this location from the east as well; much less threats (wolves and slugs).
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I killed only one turtle, the one hanging on the cliff. They must have died on their own as the other guy said.
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This is definitely the most buggy/unfinished rise in the game, tends to have the most difficulties actually working.
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This opened for me after only killing the one on the edge of the cliff near Chelona's Rise.
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Mine was bugged. I only killed the first one, and while doing other stuff on the Altar, I believe I went too far away and the other tortoises popped out. I had the message mentioning the seal was open while only killing one of them.
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Could Chelona be the sorcerres Sellen's helmet is based upon? The same one who has paintings in Raya Lucaria?
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Horrible game design. Like all the other quests in the game, this is some of the worst I've ever seen in gaming.
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I think there's a bug, I can't get the second turtle to spawn, after reloading the area, examined the statue and still nothing
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Did everything i could and made that trek many times to the point where im locked out of the tower for good. The turtle wont spawn. I checked every spot every time. Still nothing showed and nothing is unlocked. Why havent they fixed this major bug. It locks you out of an important item. Bugs like this is ridiculous that you have to start a new game for said item. Idk what it is but it is wrong that i cant get it because of a bug.
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Jankiest puzzle ever. Second turtle on the cliffs never spawned for me and I had to reload and interact with the book three times before the one above the spirit spring did.
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The spirit spring turtle never spawned for me. I only had to kill the other two and the seal opened. One thing to note is that I jumped up the spirit spring a few times before I ever checked the imp statue because I didn't know what the hell it was doing out in the open. Maybe that triggered the turtle before I made it spawn by checking the statue? Who knows. Probably bugged.
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2 turtles died on their own and one was hiding on the cliff near the tower. I hate riddles...
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I killed the first one on the ledge behind the tower, then tried to do the second on the cliff to the far east. He never spawned for me. Reloaded and chatted with the imp multiple times and decided to just go and see the flying one. Actually didn't attack him, just bumped him after launching out of the spring and the tower unlocked.
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Let's be honest with ourselves. The Pope Turtle wants his Spare change back, and the real reason these phantom turtles are here is because they are hiding from him. We need to beat them all up so Pope Turtle can have his Spare change back.
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Unsure if it was a bug or something killed the flying one, but the seal opened for me after killing only two spirit turtles.
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I must've killed the other two while exploring without knowing because I killed the closest one and it instantly unlocked for me.
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2nd turtle never spawned for me, after i got 1 and 3 the rise opened
To find the turtle south of the Lunar Estate, you may need to spawn at the Altar South site of grace, *read the book*, then go to turtle #2 without fast traveling. My hypothesis is that you needs the book to be activated, and traveling deactivates it. This seems to be true for #3 as well. It wasn't there, until I read the book and rode there.
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If you hit a turtle with flint stone stars the three hits will count as hitting all three turtles.
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It opened after I killed only the first turtle hanging off the cliff
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I only got the one on the cliff and the door unlocked. Mist be bugged.
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if theyre not showing up go read the puzzle again. the puzzle seems to not like when you go into a loading screen or teleport
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killed the cliff one, never saw the flying one but jumped on the pad a few times, the last one wasnt spawning until i set it to nighttime, which allowed it to spawn and opened the rise
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Dont bother finding the #2 and #3 turtles, go straight to the illusory floor on lunar estate ruin and insert the imp key, it will open the rise.
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If you're like me and jumping using the spirit spring didn't work, just use a longbow to shoot the flying one.
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get the firt on the cliff and if you dont get the two others stay on the east spot and reload the game or spam the imp statue or maybe change the ingame time works for me
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I hard a pretty hard time with this on my first playthrough. I've seen multiple peoples say not to teleport at all no matter what, so I decided to try that on my second playthrough and it worked. Maybe it was coincidence, but it's worth mentioning I think.
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Bugged. Got west one, died twice, other two never spawned but using spring twice broke the seal anyway.
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Pretty sure if you passed by the spirit jump and used it a couple of times, you can actually hit the turtle w/o it being visible or having been to the tower. I went to tower, killed the close one and then couldnt find the spiritspring one. When i went far east and killed the one there, the seal opening message appeared.
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Second turtle is bugged for me...This has to be one of the more bugged quests in the game
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No turtles spawned at any of the locations so i reloaded game, went back to imp and immediately went to the turtle next to rise killed it and seal opened.
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Killed the Cliff Turtle but the 2nd and 3rd didn't spawn for me. I swung around the 2nd turtle's area but I'm pretty I didn't kill him as there was no sound. I tried to find the 3rd flying turtle but he just wasn't there. Then I tried using the jump pad near the Evergoal and immediately after using it I received a notification that the Rise was opened. Hope it helps someone!
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Had no problem finding them. I ran to each location and did not touch a grace until all 3 were dead
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There is a spirit spring underneath the third dog you have to use, collide with it using Torrent to kill it
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i shot the first one right next to it and it opened. i did notice things dying randomly, could be related.
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Re-examined the imp statue after resting at the South Gate grace, and still cannot get Turtle #2 to spawn.
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Couldn't get it to work multiple times, already killed the turlte hanging ton the cliff the first time (it stays dead).
What eventually did it for me was going to the rise, reading the book, using the spirit jump 7 times (turtle wasn't there though) and then when I headed for the last turtle I decided to use the imp statue in lunar rise first. When hitting the floor to make it go away it said "the rise is now open".
Using that imp statue seems to have worked for some others as well, for me it was breaking the floor specifically, but I only did that after placing they stonesword key, so not sure how kuch they are related.
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I was so confused after killing a second turtle and seeing: Seal in the Rise opened. Then I looked at the guide above I had open but wasn't using at the time and "oh... wow". I'll take it though that one was a good distance ride away.
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I hit the one in the air and the one off the side of the cliff but the other to the east was not there (second one i looked for). Once i killed the one hanging off cliff it opened :T
Got it 1st try. 1 and 2 waking, 3rd with fast travel. Run up the stone ramp and loretta's bow tracks the turle. No need for the spiritjump
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