Chelona's Rise | Elden Ring Wiki

To confirm, DO NOT fast-travel when finding turtle, it will RESET the progress.
All in all, this is one of the most ANNOYING seal (=A=)

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Just wanted to report a bug not listed on this page; I only killed 2/3 turtles (the first two, not the one floating in the air) and the seal was broken. Weird.

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to be so far is ridiculous

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Can confirm, you very specifically have to wait till night, and then touch the imp statue, and not fast travel to any of the tortises. Fast traveling must reset it, exept it doesn't. Really finicky.

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This is a bug, correct? The normal scenario is that all 3 show up without any fuss. I've tried everything and two and three aren't there even if I attack the area.

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Can't see 2 out of 3 turtles. Love this game.

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can't wait for the DLC search quest where player must search for three Nascent Butterflies across the whole lower half of the ****ing map

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I got in after only two turtles, the closest one and the one south of the ruins

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I don't know if they changed the gazebos, but I just visited and only got 2x smithing stone 7 and 1x smithing stone 8

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I went through the horror of not seeing turtle 2 and 3 spawned after running back and forth twice for both of them. and jumping around from the spirit spring like a clown.
no clue what unbugged after that so noting it all down

interacted with the book
Rested at site of grace
changed time to night
interacted with the book again
travelled to turtle 2, didnt stop for anything
saw it, shot it, seal opened

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"Players can reach Chelona's Rise by traveling south from the Ringleader's Evergaol."

Players can also go around the other way, from the Cathedral of Manus Celes south to the Lunar Estate Ruins, and then west to the Rise. The road/path is clearer and easier to follow, and you avoid the Crystalians and the Lesser Red Wolf (until/unless you have to seek that third turtle) and instead have to deal with some normal wolves and crystal snails. It could be a much easier trip, depending on your build.

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if the 2 turtles not near the tower arent appearing try walking up to the magic seal to 'discover' that location on the map. After doing that both appeared for me. Accessing the area by normal means (defeating astel and finishing Ranni's questline)

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God, the further I get into this game, the worse it gets in terms of the bugs and unfinished areas. Instead of Elden Ring it should be Beta Ring at this point.

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After kiiling turtle 1 and 2, if the spirit pool turtle doesn't spawn for you, go back to the book, reread it the go back to eastern turtle (2). It may have respawned and will count as turtle 3.

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'it may take some tries, but it you hit the right place where the turtle should be' how the **** should i know where it should be, if i cannot ****ing see it.

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Wait I thought there was two turtles because it said the seal broke before I killed the third one

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Chelona is turtle in Greek, it fit the puzzle.

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Designers of those "puzzles" should sit on those rises.

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the Devs can shove this and heretic's rise right up their own rises, this is bullcrap, take me 15 minutes to get to unwise beast 2 AND THEN DIE OF FALL DAMAGE AFTER NOT FALLING THAT FAR. WHAT THE HECK FROMSOFT!? I JUST WANT YOUR STUPID ACHIEVEMENT FOR GODS SAKE!

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If you zip to this area (or any other form of skip) then the 3rd turtle (the one up and to the East) will not spawn until Astel is dead and the seal broken.

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I killed 1 and 2 but 3 didn’t spawn

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The seal opened with only two turtles, I'm certain I never jumped for the flying one. Must be some rare glitch.

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In the words of Todd "It's a feature!"

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this is called Altar South in my version of the game

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this made me rage and whack all the turtles around the area. devs obviously wanted to waste our time finding these things. for those who has the patience and found these i commend u but elden ring is ur life

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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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Wait 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 never killed the flying one but the seal opened anyways

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Why the **** do they not spawn in

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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

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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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This is buggy enough to be a Bethesda quest.

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buggy ass tower

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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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This game is so ****ing buggy, unbelievable.

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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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Chelona is the greek word for turtle....

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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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Chelona D's

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It opened after the first two turtles, for me.

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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.

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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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Still bugged for me. RIP

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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.

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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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Second one is south east on the entire plateau btw

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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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You have to read the book for the turtles to spawn

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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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those are tortoises btw

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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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The seal opened for me after kiiling only the first turtle

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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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