Summit

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The Summit 

The Summit
Chapter	7
Strawberries	47  • 3
Sides	7A  •  7B  •  7C
Characters	• Madeline  • Badeline (7A  •  7B)  • Granny (7C)
Level navigation Reflection ← The Summit → Epilogue

The Summit is the seventh chapter of Celeste. Preceded by Reflection and succeeded by Core, it's a throwback to the previous chapters, reusing most of mechanics from them, paired with the newly obtained secondary dash. Unlike the previous chapter, The Summit is a little bit of a step-up in difficulty, and it features a lot of platforming with no safe ground underneath. The last checkpoint features flags that count down until the player reaches the top.

The Summit introduces two new mechanics, Upwind and Downwind, and is the first full level where the player has two dashes.

Plot

Summit A-Side

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Following the events of Reflection, Madeline heads for the Summit once again, alongside Badeline. They help each other through the way. Initially, Badeline remains somewhat distrustful and scared of Maddy; she states that she was "waiting for something to go wrong". However, she eventually flips around; as Madeline starts doubting herself once again, Badeline encourages her, saying that she can do this. “I believe in you.” ~ Badeline Once at the top of the mountain, both admire the view. However, Badeline remembers that she cannot simply continue to exist outside of Celeste Mountain, simply because she is still a part of Madeline. Maddy then comments about how they can still work together, even if she no longer has a physical body. They then sit on the summit, enjoying the view for some time before climbing down.

Summit B-Side

Spoiler (Summit B-Side)
Badeline's facial expression. Following another successful climb of (a much harder) Celeste Mountain, featuring wallbounces (the first time tech is required to beat a level), Badeline is left impressed. In her "insane" face, she states that "that was amazing". “Nothing can stop us!” ~ Badeline This ends up scaring Madeline.

Summit C-Side

Spoiler (Summit C-Side)
After completing what is arguably the hardest single room prior to Farewell, Granny is waiting on a grassy platform. She then comments about how "it's hard to believe that it's over", subsequently commenting about how it's funny how determined Madeline is. She then asks Maddy to take care of herself, before telling her to go collect the Crystal Heart.

Gameplay

Trivia

• The final room of 7C is often considered the hardest single room in the entire game, due to its sheer length with no checkpoints, as well as required precision in the early parts of the room.
  • If you turn on the debug map, you'll notice unobtainable spawn points that were put in the middle of the section. They were most likely used for testing purposes.
• The last bit of 7C is reused at the start of Farewell. One of the reasons is that the chapter was at first meant to be gated after finishing every C-Side, but that ended up being changed before release.
• In earlier versions of the game, the wallbounce tutorial was merely just a "DASH + JUMP" text, however later an image was added that tells the player what happens, in order to make the trick easier to understand.
• Despite the fact that the 0M portion of Chapter 7 looks very similar to Reflection easthetics wise, no Reflection-specific mechanics (Kevin Blocks, Bumpers, etc.) were used in it.

Celeste base game chapters

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  Prologue

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  Forsaken City

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  Old Site

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  Celestial Resort

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  Golden Ridge

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  Mirror Temple

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  Reflection

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  Summit

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  Epilogue

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  Core

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  Farewell