Acronyms

Format:

Acronym	Meaning
Name of acronym Any other acronyms for it that are less used	Meaning of the acronym

[int] signifies a spot that is replaced with a whole number. Example: [int]d could be 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d...

[string] signifies a spot that is replaced with any kind of text. Example: -[string] is the general name for all "sides" (A-Sides, B-Sides, C-Sides, CC-Sides, Th-Sides, Phi-Sides,...)

"-" means that the acronym is used as a prefix or suffix. The - is replaced with the other information.

Example prefix: "a-" -> "a2d", Example suffix: "-fc" -> "7fc"

Vanilla

Vanilla levels

Acronym	Reference
1	Forsaken City
2	Old Site
3	Celestial Resort
4	Golden Ridge
5	Mirror Temple
6	Reflection
7	The Summit
8	Core
9 fw	Farewell

Vanilla checkpoints

Acronym	Checkpoint
sg	Singular
ps	Power Source
rm	Remembered
eh	Event Horizon
dt	Determination
st	Stubbornness
rc	Reconciliation
fw fwfw	Farewell

Other vanilla acronyms

Acronym	Meaning
cp	Checkpoint
rtm	Return to map
snq s&q saq	Save and quit
-a	A-Side
-b	B-Side
-c	C-Side
-fc	Full Clear
-tfc	True Full Clear
-g	Golden Strawberry
-wg wg	Winged Golden Strawberry
mb	Moon Berry

Modded

Collaboration and contest names

Acronym	Meaning	Other additional acronyms
abc	Arphimigon's Birthday Collab
abzvm	ABuffZucchini's Various Maps
crc	Comb Room Collab
dbc	Dream Block Contest
dc	Dream Collab
flcc	Flusheline Community Collab
flp	Frogeline Project
grc	Guest Room Collab
hc	Height Contest
mwc	Midway Contest
nsssc	Not-So-Secret-Santa Collab	nsc
pdbc	Parrot Dash Birthday Collab
sc sc20 sc2020	Spring Collab	sc20, sc2020
sj sj21 sj2021	Strawberry Jam	sj21, sj2021
ssc	Secret Santa Collab
stc	Startup Contest
ubc	Unexpected Behaviour Contest
vdc	Valentine's Day Contest
wc wc21 wc2021	Winter Collab	wc21, wc2021
woc	Wounce Collab
zmc	Zip Mover Contest

Campaign names

Acronym	Campaign	Author
cota	Cavern of the Ancients	Exudias
gtts	Gate to the Stars	marshall
itj j- (individual maps)	Into the Jungle	Various
lr	Lunar Ruins	Tomonn
pd	Polygon Dreams	orbittwz
sn	Smaerd Nogylop	orbittwz
a- -d -d	Arphimigon's D-Sides pack	Arphimigon
-cc	Ezel's CC-Sides pack	Ezel
-d m- -d	Monika's D-Sides pack	Monika
-tas	Vitellary's TAS-Sides (Unreleased)	Vitellary

Notable collaboration and contest maps

Acronym	Map	Map pack	Author
acp	Above Celeste's Peak	Spring Collab
ahs	Advanced Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
au	Aquatic Underground	Spring Collab
bhs	Beginner Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
bio	Booster in Orbit	Spring Collab
cc	Chaos Complex	Winter Collab
cm	Cycle Madness	Spring Collab
cotk	Crypt of the Kevins	Spring Collab
e418	Error 418	Spring Collab
ee	Electric Exuberance	Spring Collab
ehs xhs	Expert Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
fota	Forest of the Ancients	Spring Collab	iamdadbod
ff	FORWARD FACILITY	Winter Collab
fs	Ferocious Sanctuary	Spring Collab	iamdadbod
hots	Heart of the Storm	Spring Collab
ihs	Intermediate Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
kkdk	KoKoDoKo?	Spring Collab
mjattoz	Madelina Jones and the Temple of Zoom	Spring Collab
mm	Major Malfunction	Spring Collab
ngmhs gmhs	New Grandmaster Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
njc	New Jank City	Spring Collab
ogmhs gmhs (pre-2021)	Old Grandmaster Heartside	Spring Collab	Various
oom	Old Ones' Mausoleum	Secret Santa Collab
otr	Olden Tower Ruins	Spring Collab	iamdadbod
sex	Solar Express	Strawberry Jam	Various
sr	Starship Ruins	Winter Collab
tt	Temporal Tower	Spring Collab
th	Theo Hell	Spring Collab
th90	TheHeck90	Spring Collab
toj	Trenches of Jellies	Spring Collab
totk	Temple of the Kevins	Spring Collab
trtr	Tripeak Trail	Spring Collab
ud	Ultra Difficult	Spring Collab
wcfs	Winter Collab Fusionside	Winter Collab	Various

Notable Chapters

Acronym	Checkpoint	Map	Author(s)
cotm	City on the Moon	Lunar Ruins	Tomonn
fg 9d	Final Goodbye	Monika's D-Sides	Monika
rff	Run for Freedom	Asleep	Evilleafy
sr	Space Ruins	Lunar Ruins	Tomonn
totm	Temple of the Moon	Lunar Ruins	Tomonn

Notable standalone maps

Acronym	Map	Author(s)
5bgv 7dgv	5B Garbage Version	Monika
a	Abyss	Indecx
aa	Avian Ascension	Parrot Dash
afm	Another Farewell Map	Banana23
bfm afmb	Another Farewell Map B-Side	Banana23
ccfm afmcc	Another Farewell Map CC-Side	AstralightSky
c	Calypta	Luma
cg	Crystal Garden	Etpio
cmgv	Cycle Madness Garbage Version	DeathKontrol and TheMathGuy
cp	Conqueror's Peak	Ricky
cv	Crystal Void	Etpio
dc	Delusional Canopy	ABuffZucchini
dmr	Darkmoon Ruins	Cabob and Ru
fs+	Ferocious Sanctuary+	iamdadbod
g	Glyph	marshall
maq	Midnight Aquarium	eldritchdamsel
mawn	Magnetic Dawn	Firethief1
mbwn	Magnetic Dawn B-Side	Firethief1
motu	Moon of the Ultras	Rifts
mte	Mount Everest	Indecx
otr+	Olden Tower Ruins+	iamdadbod
s	Solaris	Donker19
se	Summit Encore	LethargicDoggo
sh	Strawberry Hunter	motonine
socm	The Secret of Celeste Mountain	Xaphan
sp	Summit Prologue	deskilln
sr	Sunset Rise	Ezel
ss	Static Shift	ABuffZucchini
wm	Waterbear Mountain	Tardigrade

Notable checkpoints

Acronym	Checkpoint	Map	Author(s)
GotM	Goodbye of the Mountain	Core checkpoint in Final Goodbye	Monika
SMotS	Scattered Mirror of the Storm	2k+2.5k checkpoint in Final Goodbye	Monika
PonR	Point of no Return	First Reconciliation checkpoint in Final Goodbye	Monika

Other notable modded content

Acronym	Meaning
2k3	3rd room in 2000m in D1D7 former hardest cleared room in Celeste
ae	Atmospheric Edge (from Waterbear Mountain)
anv	A Nice View (from Heart of the Storm)
bsb	Bronze Speedberry
dlbl	Deathless berryless
dts	Dash Trigger Skip
gsb	Golden Speedberry
ssb	Silver Speedberry
-gv	Garbage Version
-hs	Heartside
-s	Silver Strawberry
-sb	Special Berry
-r	Rainbow Strawberry

General modded content

Acronym type	Meaning	Example
-[int]d	[int] dashes	gtts1d	Gate to the Stars [with] 1 Dash
-[string]	[string]-side of a chapter	3l	Celestial Resort L-Side
reversed acronym	Backwards/Etselec map	a6	Noitcelfer

Tech abbreviations

Acronym	Alternative	Meaning
roboboost	mb6fbhsphdrcb	"moving block 6 frame bunny hop sub pixel hyper dash reverse corner boost" a tas only method to get a lot of speed on a moving block

General content

Acronym Type	Meaning
TAS	Tool Assisted Speedrun, generally refers to tools that are used to input "perfect" gameplay into Celeste (frame by frame inputs)