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| image = [[File:Farewell poster10_c-00.jpgpng|256px255px|alt=Poster of Madeline in Farewell.|link=Farewell|frameless]]

| imgcaption = ''[[Madeline]], the [[Bird]] andholding a [[Jellyfish Parachute|Jellyfishjellyfish]]<br>as depicted in Farewell''

| strawberries = {{Moonberry}} '''1''' {{bull}} {{Goldberry}} 1

| characters = {{•}} [[Madeline]] <br> {{•}} [[Badeline]] <br> {{•}} [[Granny]] <br> {{•}} [[Bird]] <br> {{•}} [[Theo]] (in a video call)

| music = {{soundtrack|album=FW|num=0201|track=FearThe ofEmpty theSpace UnknownAbove}}<br>{{soundtracksoundtracks|num=03|track=Fear of the Unknown|Joy of Remembrance}}<br>{{soundtrack|num=04|track=In Stasis}}<br>{{soundtrack|num=06Crash|track=Beyond the Heart}}<br>{{soundtrack|num=07|track=Final Defiance}}<br>{{soundtrack|num=10Futility|Reconciliation|track=Farewell}}<br>{{soundtrack|num=13The Woman and the Bird|Vovô e Vovó|track=wavedash.ppt}}

'''Farewell''' is both the final chapter of ''[[Celeste]]'', as well as being the longest and hardest. Released on September 9, 2019, as free DLC<ref group="note">Even though Farewell was labeled as DLC by the [[developers]] of Celeste, it is more accurately described as a ''content update'', because of how it is directly integrated as part of the game, without paying an extra cent.</ref> ([[Version history|update 1.3.0.0]]), it features a space-themed setting, and various new mechanics such as [[Dash Refills|2-Dash Refills]], [[Pufferfish]] and [[Jellyfish]], alongside mechanics from every other chapter mixed in.

Farewell introduces [[Wavedashes]] to the player, but also uses other tech such as [[Wallbounces]]. Unlike all other main chapters in ''Celeste'', only one side (anin A-Side)the vanilla game is present, due to the developers not wanting to split up the experience. It is initially unlocked as soon as 8A is completed, but more than half of the chapter's checkpoints are gated off by a [[Crystal Heart Gate]] requiring fifteen hearts to open.

Many characters make an appearance in this chapter. [[Madeline]] and [[Badeline]] play major roles throughout the entirety of thisentire chapter. The [[Bird]] becomes a central character and gameplay mechanic as opposed to its use in chapters 1-8, with [[Granny]] playing a significant narrative role, forming part of the backbone of the plot behind Chapter 9. [[Theo]] makes an appearance in the ending cutscene.

|The beginning of Chapter 9 is the same thing as the end of Chapter [[7C]]{{ch|7c|lf=1}}. Madeline lands on a grassy platform, one which (previously) would lead up to a crystal heart. As Madeline approaches Granny, a cutscene trigger occurs, and Granny turns into a gravestone. Lightning strikes, and the pink tree in the background loses all its leaves. The weather turns from sunny to gloomy, representing the sudden, unexpected shift in the plot's tone. Madeline reacts in a very sad tone, but also shows hints of anger.

Badeline then appears, confronting Madeline about how she never attended Granny's funeral (which presumably happens sometime between the events of Chapter 8 and Chapter 9); Madeline fell apart when she received the news, so she couldn't handle it. The [[Bird]] then lands on the gravestone, signaling its presence. It then starts flying away, and Madeline starts chasing it via two [[Badeline orb|Badeline orbs]] and three clouds.

The second Badeline orb launches Madeline into space. Badeline becomes confrontational during their ascent; Madeline explains that she's chasing the bird because it's a part of Granny. Badeline explains that Madeline is in denial, and that it's just an (ordinary) bird. ''Fear of the Unknown'' starts playing after this cutscene.

Badeline then confronts Madeline again as she lands ontoon a moon block platform in space, asking how she can breathe in space, buthere. Madeline rejects her attempts at convincing her, becoming confrontationalaggressive, and eventually telling her other part to leave. PastFrom this point onwards, Madeline only has one dash, instead of two, but is also much more determined than usual.

After navigating it through various rooms containing various new elements, such as [[Jellyfish Parachutes]], and older objects, such as [[Dream Blocks]], Madeline arrives at a large room where the bird can be seen; the Power Source room. As the birdit flies upwards, it seals five [[key blocks]] behind, forcing Madeline to retrieve five keys (or [[Farewell#Power Source Key Skip|skip it entirely]]). Navigating upwards using the [[Red OrbBubble]] in the room, after all keys are unlocked, will lead to another room, where the skies will turn into a paler shade of (albeit mystic) blue. ''Joy of Remembrance'' starts playing, suggesting that Granny is just be around the corner.

After making it through many more rooms, Madeline makes it to a gray Crystal Heart. This one is gray in color, and is named "Empty Space". The heart collection sound resembles the C-Side (golden) heart collection sound.

|Upon collecting the crystal heart, the music starts glitching out (mildly), and the [[Bird]] flies by, making it across the screen left to right. Madeline then realizes that even though the "level" ''(per se)'' is over, she could still try going on, in order to chase down the bird.

AsThe bird can be seen nearby as Madeline arrives at the Event Horizon checkpoint, the bird can be seen at a short distance. However, as she continues to give chase, the level becomes increasingly glitchier, with "glitch tiles" (forest green, checkerboard-like tiles with a paler green outline) spawning and moon rock tiles falling off. A [[Crystal Heart Gate]] falls in front of Madeline once she reaches (relatively) solid ground again; going past this gate requires that she either [[Farewell#Crystal Heart Gate Skip|skips the gate]], or has 15 crystal hearts.

The next room contains an Internet café and an [[intro car]]. Entering the Internet café will allow Madeline to turn on what looks like onea large computer; this computer runs ''BerryOS'', a parody of [[{{w:Windows 95|Windows 95]]}}, and features a very similar boot jingle. A file named "wavedash.ppt" will be opened; this presentation teaches Madeline about how to [[wavedash]]; {{soundtrack|num=13|track=wavedash.ppt}} plays during this presentation. At the right of the café is a training zone, complete with a silhouette of Madeline performing the required moves; completing these requirerequires both wavedashing and [[wallbounce|wallbouncing]]. Soon after, the Bird can be found again; reaching it requires a wavedash, exactly like how the presentation foreshadowed it.

The Bird manages to force Madeline off itself, and subsequently flies away, leaving Madeline alone on another platform. The mountain climber wonders whether [[Badeline|her other part]] was right, but her determination ultimately soars through. Another strike of thunder turns the level's theme into the "glitch" themestate permanently, complete with a black hole in the background.

''Beyond the Heart'' starts playing, and the difficulty spikes up considerably past this point. Elements from all previous chapters are now integrated; none of Chapter 9's "new" elements are included, minus [[double diamond|double diamonds]]; however, [[zippers]] have been reskinned from their Chapter 1 appearance, and spinning [[blades]] (from Chapter 5) now appear as spinning stars. A short section at the end of Event Horizon features Madeline, in [[feather]] form, chasing after the bird; however, it escapes again, leading to Determination.

Determination is almost a continuation of Event Horizon, but it reintroduces even more elements back into the game, such as [[wind]]. At the end of the final room of the chapter, a feather gauntlet, is a [[Badeline orb]]., Usingwhich this orb will boostboosts you into Stubbornness, and into another custscenecutscene with Badeline. Throughout the course of both Event Horizon and Determination, the black hole in the background becomes darker and darker.

As soon as Madeline lands, and sees Badeline again, she claims that she doesn't need her help. Badeline attempts to ask Maddy why she is still chasing the bird, but Madeline's determination starts pushing itself even further.

Badeline attempts to convince her that she is dreaming, and that none of the events of Chapter 9 are real. Madeline, however, continues to deny this, claiming that Granny will "disappear forever" if she wakes up. She thanthen lashes out at her other self, claiming that she wants her to disappear, and calls her selfish. Badeline attempts to reason with her, stating that she needs to "take a step back", but Madeline continues to turn against her; this ends up with Badeline merely wishing her "good luck" prior to disappearingvanishing again. Badeline was attempting to help her; interallyinternally, this scene is known as "Helping Hand".

The music ''Final Defiance'', which is much more monotonous and empty than the previous tracks, and which merely consistconsists of a beat that is normally reserved for [[Cassette Tape]] rooms overlaid over an ambient track, plays over the course ofthroughout this chapter. The majority ofMost moon rock tiles have been replaced with glitch tiles, representing simplyjust how far Madeline's determination is pushing her. The next severalsubsequent rooms consist uniquely of [[Cassette Block]] gauntlets, butsome with the presence of three or four colors instead of strictly two.

The first room of Reconciliation is the final Cassette Tape room. Throughout the course of Stubbornness, the black hole in the background becomes darker and darker, until it is almost pitch black.

Madeline finally manages to trap and catch the [[Bird]] in the first room of Reconciliation. A tune, {{soundtrack|num=09|track=Futility}}, plays as both Madeline and the Bird endsend up collapsing into some moon rock. Madeline then interrogates the bird, trying to know where Granny is, but it ends up solely making a cry of pain. She then freaks out, but the bird manages to get back up; Maddy then apologizes, attempts to chase after it again, and fails to do so. Her determination leads even further, leading her to contemplate leaving the mortal plane to rejoin Granny.

[[Badeline]] then makes a reappearancereappears, telling her to stop. Maddy reiterates how much Granny means to her, and subsequently, starts wondering how her other self can cope with Granny's passing so easily. Badeline then states that it wasn't easy, but she wants to, alongside Maddy, survive this, and not be stuck in Farewell forever.

Madeline then finally breaks down, acknowledging that she can't bring Granny bird,back and that chasing the bird is futile at best. Badeline then tells her that she should "wake up" and face this, but Maddy can't, because the bird wasis still stuck inside a maze of obstacles. (because of her fault); sheShe suggests setting things right first, by setting it free. Badeline agrees, but reiterates that she wishes to leave [[Farewell|this place]] afterwardsafterward.

Madeline then now starts venturing off, in order to free the [[Bird]]. Elements from the first four subsections of Farewell, such as [[Jellyfish Parachutes]], make their return. The black hole in the background turns brighter, from black to purple, and eventually to magenta pink. Badeline, even though she hasn't "merged" back with Madeline in order to give her a permanent double dash, helps intermittently via her [[PurpleBadeline OrbOrbs|Purple Orbs]], and the Bird now can also launch Madeline rightwards, helping her as well. Several rooms with electrical boxes must be cleared of electricity, allowing the Bird to proceed.

Badeline then comes backreturns to encourage Madeline as they arrive toat the final screen, aptly named Farewell, typically taking about two minutes to complete. If Madeline ends up dyingdies too many times during this final room, which normally takes more than a minute to complete, Badeline asks Maddy if she's okay, and encourages her yet again.

Upon completion, Badeline will ask her to say goodbye on her behalf, before boosting her up one final time.

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Madeline is on a video call with [[Theo]]. She apolgizesapologizes for having vanished for quite some time, and says that she's finally startingcoming to come with toterms with Granny's passing. Theo agrees, stating that he misses her a lot, but suddenly interrupts things to say that he remembered something: a photo of Theo's grandpa, Carlos, with Granny, at Celeste Mountain. It is then revealed that they were friends too, and that they shared the mountain.

Several [[easter eggs]] are present in thethis cutscene are present, but most notably, Madeline is revealed to be [[CW:TR|trans]] during this cutscene. A small trans flag can be seen at the right of Madeline's mechanical keyboard, alongside a pride (rainbow) flag.

The first checkpoint doesn't feature any gameplay, asideAside from a few trivial [[clouds]] and floating platforms that, the playerfirst mustcheckpoint traversedoesn't feature any gameplay. It mainly serves as a plot-development chapter which introducesintroducing much of what makes Farewell itself; see [[Farewell#Plot|Plot]] for details.

The [[Golden Strawberry]] can be found at the start of this checkpoint. The first room introduces the [[DoubleDash Refill|Double-Dash Crystal]], an object that gives the player two dashes, albeit only once (Madeline only gets 1 dash back when touching the ground). The first three rooms of the checkpoint are fairly straightforward, but the next three rooms are much harder, rivaling the difficulty of many C-sideSide rooms. This is likely because the developers wanted to dissuade people from trying Farewell before their skill level is high enough.

In the seventh room, the player is introduced to [[Pufferfish]], also known as "Exploding Fish" (after their primary property). The second half of this checkpoint includes many rooms that showcase the various properties of the fish.

At the start of this checkpoint, the game introduces [[Jellyfish Parachutes]] to the player. The first room has a noticeable split path. The top pathone is intended for speedrunners, as it requires a [[wavedashes|wavedash]] to pass, and the game has not taught the player wavedashes yet. ThereThen, there are a few more rooms that teachteaching the player properties of the jellyfish, and then the player reaches a very largehuge room with electricity everywhere. A red bubble appears, and the player must find 5 keys to clear the path for the [[Red Bubble|red bubble]] to travel upwards. Once the player finds their way through the maze and clears out the electricity, they gain access to five rooms, each with a key at the end. These rooms serve tofurther teach the player various techniques they can perform with the jellyfish. Once the player takesTaking the red bubble upward and out of the maze, theends nextthis checkpoint is reached.

When the player reaches this checkpoint, the background turns from a dark indigo to a lighter blue, and the music changes. They must clear a new gauntlet of rooms, most of which containcontaining a jellyfish or an exploding fish. These rooms are very difficult, even harder than most B-side rooms. The end of the checkpoint is marked by a fake gray [[Crystal Heart]], entitled "Empty Space".

At the start of this checkpoint, the game starts to glitchglitching, with the background briefly flickering to a dark void. In the very first room, the player is greeted with a Heart Gate, requiring 15 hearts to pass (so the player must collect all 8 blue hearts and must complete all the B-sides except chapter 8-B{{ch|8B}}). However, there[[#Crystal isHeart aGate waySkip|it to bypass this gate, described under the "Speedrun strategies"is sectionbypassable]]. In the second room, the player reaches the "Internet Café", which shows them a humorous presentation teaching them how to wavedash. Next, they must clear three tutorial sections, where there is an image of Madeline on the screen showing the player exactly how to complete them. After catching the bird, lightning strikes, and the level permanently enters the "glitch" state. After this, there is a long series of levels that the player must pass. The levels utilize mechanics throughout essentially every previous chapter (although not including the jellyfish and exploding fish), and are extremelyever more difficult.

This checkpoint is essentially a continuation of the previous checkpoint, Event Horizon. Both checkpoints involve a huge variety ofvarious gameplay mechanics, utilizing almost every mechanic introduced to them throughout the game in new and creative ways. This checkpoint, along withand Event Horizon, are considered to be the most difficult checkpoints in Farewell.

When the player reaches this checkpoint, the background becomes darker and the music becomes quiet and ominous. The player is re-introduced to the cassette blocks from the B-sides, except this time, there are 4 different colors instead of two. The player then must complete a series of challenges based offon the new [[cassette blocks]]. The last three rooms feature a different tempo than the default, which is the first time in the game this has occurred. This checkpoint is relatively short when compared to the other checkpoints in the chapter, only containing 7 rooms.

Continuing off the previous checkpoint, the first room is another cassette block screen. However, it ends inwith the player catching the bird again, and after a discussion with Badeline, the background lights up once again. The player must now clear a long series of levels, and they are reintroduced to the Jellyfish and Exploding Fish, mechanics not seen since the Remembered checkpoint. The first half of the checkpoint is a relative break in difficulty, although these levels are not easy"free" by any means. The second half introduces some harder rooms utilizing thethese jellyfish and exploding fishmechanics. The background vortex gradually gets lighter as the player progressesadvances, ending in a bright pink. Meanwhile, the music also progresses through four different stages, each one more intense than the last.

This checkpoint only consists of a single room (excluding secrets), but it is by far the longest room in the game. Players can expect to take between 1.5 and 2 minuteshours to complete this one room for the first time. There are [[Skull Binoculars]], that let the player see mostsome of the room, however some of it is hidden from view. The level begins with the player holding the jellyfish and being flung by the exploding fish (which, incidentallycoincidentally, is the first instance in the entire game where jellyfish and exploding fish are used in the same room). Then, the player must navigate through a series of electricity and jellyfish barriers, and must be careful not to let the jellyfish touch the barriers. The player gets flung by the bird, and then they grab onto another jellyfish, and then [[wind]] appears. After a short series of obstacles, the wind changes direction, so now it isstarts pushing the player straight up. This allows the player to float in the updraft with the jellyfish. Thus, andthe theyplayer can move in any of the 4 directionsdirection by pressing the corresponding movement keys. The playerThey must avoid multiplea series of obstacles, and then they must release the jellyfish to trigger a [[Touchtouch Switchswitches]] surrounded by electricity. After some more obstaclesAfterwards, they finally reach the last Power Box, which they can break. inAfter that, the player is flung by the bird, starting a series of boosts from it and Badeline eventually orderleading to finallya finishfeather climb into the final Badeline boost, finally offending this extremely long levelchapter.

This checkpoint is also the location of the [[#Moon Berry,|Moon which is discussed in more detail in the Secrets section belowBerry]].

Unlike all prior chapters, Farewell has its [[Celeste: Farewell OST|own OST album]], composed of thirteen distinct tracks (including six serving as the primary soundtrack for this level). Additionally, thetheir leitmotifs featured within are quite distinct from priorearlier chapters, because of how the chapter takes place in space.

Taking a previous jelly into the Power Source hub removesallows the needyou to take the roundabout route, by having to collect the pink crystal in order to hit the power box. Instead of that, you can do a [[Vators|jellyvator]] through the tight gap into the small hole with the electric box in it. This speeds up the processelectricity of removing the electricityremoval, howeverbut it's only a part of thethis speedrun strategy. Dying means having to take a slower route to unlock another jellyfish.

After the player has collected the double dash, they can jump off of the floating platforms with the jellyfish, and get to the top route, where normally they'd have to collect a key. After that, they need to stay in the middle of the small hole right next to the spikes, jump, throw the jellyfish into the tight tunnel, quickly move back to the red bubble, and regrab the jelly by dashing upwards into it, before it goes too low. It allows the player to completely ignore the need to collect any of the keys, and go through a secret path on the right which takes them straight into Remembered (the next checkpoint).

If the player starts at the beginning of the giant piece of ground with the incomingfalling heart gate, it's possible to do a [[Superdashes|superdash]] into a [[Wavedashes|wavedash]] off of the sticking out 2 tile block, to successfully dodge the falling[[Crystal Heart Gate|gate]]. It saves a lot of time, as the player doesn't have to wait for the opening animation to end, however, due to the required quick reactions, it may be risky for challenges such as a golden strawberry run.

The skip can be done without needingcollecting to15 collecttypically everyrequired Crystal HeartHearts. However, howeverthe itgate's there to warn casual players that the chapter will get a significant difficulty increase, and they might not be ready for it yet.

Farewell's golden strawberry, often abbreviated to '''FWG''' (for "Farewell Golden"), is byfor farmost the most difficulthardest to collect: as such, it is often considered the 202nd and final strawberry in the game. The euphemismnumber "stuckof inpeople who have Farewell's golden strawberry is so limited that there is a [[purgatory]]"List_of_Celeste_players_with_the_Farewell_Golden_Berry|list refersof topeople anyonehaving whoobtained hasthe exactlyFarewell 201Golden Berry]] in strawberriesexistence.

In the first room, it's possible to teleport to the very right side through Debug Mode, which will show a giant box with the text "DEBUG MODE :)", an [[intro car]], and a bunch of other decals at the top, as well as a snake made out of red and green bubbles. If the player goes back to the left, they can activate a secret dialog in which Granny says: "I see you have discovered Debug Mode". This is because the player doesn't activate a trigger that's right before reaching Granny, which changes the room's appearance of the room.

In the falling pillar room of Remembered, there's a small hidden area in the top-right that can be reached if the player takes a jellyfish from the previous room. It will reveal a little arearoom with a hidden [[intro car]].

The final room of Event Horizon features a small hidden area that can be accessed by going left, when the player starts going up with the feathers towards the end. The small house is an ARG (alternate reality game) puzzle managed by [[Kevin Regamey]] himself.

The ARG reveals various different images and hints that had to be opened through a spectrogram in a specific way. If the glitch files wereare put together in the proper order, it would reveal a big list of variousnicknames namesof frompeople notable in the Celeste community.

In Determination, the vertical star room has a hidden entrance in the right path that takes the player to a small, seemingly impossible room with walls of crystal spinners that can only be passed through with demodashes. This room was meant to be a homage to the demo dash[[demodash]], which is a major speedrunning trick that has been discovered later after releasing the game. It's also meant to be an alternate, slightly faster route to reach the next room. Since entering the room is very tricky and failing can cause a lot of time loss, this route is very underused in normal speedruns, apart from TAS or challenge runners.

After breaking the final power box, the player can go to the left, which allows them to jump off of the floating blocks that were scattered around the massive room. They will reveal an alternate path that eventually takes to a secret room in which the player has to perform a spawn exploit (die) to reach the next room, which is a long jellyfish challenge room. AfterUpon reaching the very end, the player will find a few floating platforms and the Moon Berry floating right above them. After getting it, they can use the Badeline orb to get to the ending cutscene, or, the golden strawberry room if they are carrying a golden strawberry, the golden strawberry room.

If the player finishes the final room, while also holding a golden strawberry, they will be taken to the "true" final room with a unique appearance. The golden room is known for having a yellow/gold color grading, as well asand the ''wavedash.ppt'' music playing. The roomIt is meant to be a sort of surprise for everyone who's going for the hardest golden strawberry, however in fact, the room is very forgiving and it has several watchtowers that allow the player to check and analyze the obstacles that they have to face. Despite it being an extra challenge, it's meant to be beatable through sight reading, without practicing. Thus, the needreal ofchallenge anyis if a person can handle the immense stress that this room practicegives. If the player reaches the very top, they will find a Badeline orb that takes them to the ending cutscene, and a green flag referencing the end of [[Celeste Classic|the PICO-8 version of Celeste]].

* Despite Farewell being possible to play before [[The Summit]] C-Side{{ch|7C|lf=1}}, the chapter starts at the very end of 7C. This might have been a leftover or a reference to the chapter, as formerly Farewell was meant to be a post-game chapter available only after finishing every C-Side,. but theThis idea was scrapped later in development, as the developers wanted more people to be able to play it.

** Farewell was also meant to be only a pack of difficult rooms at first, before Maddy figured out a story for the chapter and added more rooms. It's speculated that the original version was meant to have only Event Horizon, Determination, and Stubbornness as their checkpoints.

** In the game files, Farewell is referred to as "LostLevels", as it was initially supposed to be a hidden pack of various challenges at first. The old level nameThis is also a reference to ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' (known as ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in Japan). This is not the first time a ''Mario'' game has been referenced in ''Celeste'': [[4A|Chapter 4]]'s Crystal Heart references ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.

* The green flag and the sound it makes in the Golden Room isand aits sound reference to the Pico-8[[Celeste Classic]]'s summit flag.

* The falling heart gate in Event Horizon is the only entity that can kill a player with invincibility onactive via [[Assist Mode]] or [[Variant Mode]].

* If a player completes Farewell usingIn the main route only (i.e. ignoring secrets and speedrun paths), then there will beare exactly 100 screens. There are aA few screens that contain multiple respawn points (e.g., the first two tutorial rooms in Event Horizon are technically a single screen), andyet, these screensthey are counted only once.

* The final cutscene reveals a tiny pride flag and a trans flag hanging next to Madeline's computer, hinting that [[Madeline|the protagonist]] might be transgender, which caught a lot of interest within the community. On November 6, 2020, Maddy Thorson [[CW:TR|confirmed]] that it indeed is, indeed, true, on a ''Medium'' blog post.

* During the 1.3.3.x beta phase, the hidden Demodash room has gone throughundergone multiple changes in which Maddy attempted to make the room be a more accessible speed path. The roomThey ended up being reverted eventually, as the majority ofmost people found the original Demo room to be a well -hidden nod to the speedrun trick.