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{{Title|Mirror Temple |icon=[[File:MirrorTempleIcon.png|45px|left|frameless|alt=|link=Mirror Temple]]}}
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'''Mirror Temple''' is the fifth chapter of [[Celeste]]. Preceded by [[Golden Ridge]] and succeeded by [[Reflection]], it introduces five new
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Mirror Temple is a pivotal chapter in ''Celeste''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> story since it's where Madeline's personality starts truly unraveling (unlike before, where only hints were displayed). This chapter takes place in the titular Mirror Temple, an ancient temple that concentrates [[Celeste Mountain]]'s power.
Madeline's ventures into the Mirror Temple weren't "voluntary", unlike prior chapters. She enters the temple to follow [[Theo]], who ventures into the temple himself to snap a few photos. Madeline
The initial section of the Mirror Temple, albeit brightly lit, does exhibit isolation. In contrast to [[Celestial Resort]], the music does not change when doors are unlocked: Madeline is truly "lost" within the temple during this time. A soft yet slightly eerie piano piece, which forms a portion of {{soundtrack|num=11|track=Quiet and Falling}}, plays throughout this section.
A few
This all changes following the ''mirror'' cutscene, which plays between Depths and Unraveling. The music, {{soundtrack|num=12|track=In the Mirror}}, becomes significantly eerier, and Madeline starts panicking again. Confronted by [[Badeline]], Maddy instantly lays the guilt upon her, but unlike all previous chapters, she is mistaken: Badeline is not to blame. Badeline then explains how she's not the only "creepy thing" living in Madeline's head, and that the temple carries the same powers as the mountain itself. Madeline eventually starts panicking, then snaps and gets angry at her other self before reiterating that she could do this on her own.
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{{Q|I'm a trespasser in my own world.|Madeline}}
The next few rooms feature plenty of [[Seekers]], another product of Madeline's self. She eventually reaches another mirror, where she sees herself
Later on, Madeline finally manages to make it to the room Theo is in. She tries to break the crystal, but fails to do so; she chooses to carry it instead. As they escape, Theo makes
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Mirror Temple A-Side is about the same difficulty as
Five subchapters are present: Start, Depths, Unravelling, Search, and Rescue.
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==== Start and Depths ====
The start of Mirror Temple quickly introduces two new
The hallway with the locked door turns dark. As Depths starts and Madeline finds Theo in the mirror, a spotlight effect illuminates the room, centered on Madeline. Torches also provide light. Yellow ones are pre-lit, often indicating danger or the intended path,
The [[seeker]] cutscene plays where you control the seeker and therefore learn its
==== Unravelling
Madeline wakes up in the mirror side of the temple.
=== B-Side ===
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Mirror Temple B-Side has four checkpoints: Start, Central Chamber, Through the Mirror, and Mix Master.
The first checkpoint is very short and serves as an introduction to the level's mechanics. The second is a mazelike puzzle area, where the player has to collect two keys to open doors blocking red bubble paths. One key can be skipped using an extended hyper and a cornerkick, and skipping both requires a difficult and very precise technique called a bubsdrop (see Techniques). A vertical upwards room later, CP3 opens with a challenging falling room, replacing the straight fall found in the A-Side. Seekers are reintroduced, and seeker bounces are required. The final checkpoint also includes Theo, with the center of platforming revolving around Theo more than avoiding seekers.▼
▲The first checkpoint is very short and serves as an introduction to the level's mechanics. The second is a mazelike puzzle area, where the player has to collect two keys to open doors blocking red bubble paths. One key can be skipped using an extended hyper and a cornerkick, and skipping both requires a difficult and
=== C-Side ===
The first room consists of three [[wallbounces]] and three wall jumps, all very tight and must be performed quickly and in succession. The second room is one simple momentum wallbounce. The long final room contains several setupless wallbounces out of a red bubble, making it very hard. It was nerfed (made easier) after release.
== Strawberries &
{{Main|Mirror Temple/
Mirror Temple contains 31 unique red strawberries
== Speedrun strategies ==
=== 5B Routing ===
In any% and True Ending speedruns, the optimal strategy is to collect the [[Mirror Temple/
=== Search Skip ===
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== Trivia ==
* Taking the first red bubble of 5B left
▲* Taking the first red bubble of 5B left will take you to a small area designed similarly to {{ch|4|lf=1}}, with birds and a return bubble. This was originally not a thing and was added later as players could go left, hitting an invisible wall and dying.
* The C-Side went through multiple changes during the 1.2.0.0 and 1.2.6.0 updates. A couple of timings were made more manageable in the last room, and an alternate bottom route at the beginning was added, allowing the player to skip the tight Wallbounce.
* Early in development, the Mirror Temple was supposed to be larger and even more maze-y. Some rooms eventually were scrapped as the devs thought the chapter might have ended up being too convoluted.<ref>Maddy Thorson, [https://youtu.be/u-nSjhIgmXc?si=kmvUcMyQyQ0YTioj&t=6133 Celeste Developer Commentary Livestream] on YouTube</ref>
* The Seekers in this chapter were originally going to be turrets that shot at Madeline, however these were removed because they did not fit the game. The Seekers also originally tried to avoid getting jumped on.<ref>Maddy Thorson, [https://youtu.be/u-nSjhIgmXc?si=Cz1rcd_2UHeSekuv&t=6006 Celeste Developer Commentary Livestream] on YouTube</ref>
* In 5B, Theo happens to break the fourth wall.
== See also ==
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