Summit
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| Chapter | 7 |
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| Sides | 7A • 7B • 7C |
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• Madeline • Badeline (7A • 7B) • Granny (7C) |
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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 second 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, upwards wind (also known as "upwind") and downwards wind (also known as "downwind"), and is the first full level where the player has two dashes instead of one.
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.
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
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 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".
This ends up scaring Madeline. |
Summit C-Side
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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
A-Side
B-Side
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| Level | 7B |
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Celeste B-Sides: 07 • Summit (No More Running Mix) Remixed by Kuraine |
The Summit's B-Side takes the same concepts as the A-Side, but cranks the difficulty up quite significantly. Dream jumps are a must, and so are other quick-reaction-time moves involving both Madeline's dashes and momentum.
Unlike all other chapters in Celeste, the Summit B-Side's chapters are named identically to their A-Side counterparts. The only truly significant differences are the difficulty and the 3000m checkpoint. This chapter also marks the second time a character other than Madeline appears in a B-Side, as an non-player character; the first appearance was Theo in Mirror Temple B-Side.
3000m
Unlike the A-Side, only 20 checkpoint flags are present. Flags 20 through 15 occur in an area with downwards-blowing wind; flags 14 through 09 feature upwards-blowing wind.
Flag 08 introduces a new mechanic: wallbounces. This is one of the first advanced techniques that Madeline is taught; the bird simply informs her of how to perform it, by simply dashing upwards and jumping as she is adjacent to the wall. The final eight flags, which do not have any wind, feature various challenges requiring wallbounces; these lead up to the summit. A secret passage reveals a Badeline booster, which triggers a conversation with her; subsequently, Madeline will be sent to a cassette block room, where the heart is located.
C-Side
| The Summit C-Side | |
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| Level | 7C |
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Celeste B-Sides: 07 • Summit (No More Running Mix) Remixed by Kuraine |
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The Summit A-side • B-side • C-side |
The Summit's C-Side consists of merely three rooms, but the third is notorious for being extremely difficult, often being compared to some of the hardest rooms in Farewell.
The first room is a wallbounce gauntlet; Madeline has to perform at least seven of them consecutively, whilst being influenced by up-wind; a Badeline orb allows her to proceed to the next room. The second room features a few springs, falling blocks, down-wind, and a touch switch that must be triggered in order to reach the Badeline orb again.
The third room features many springs, falling blocks, pink clouds, and at least one required wallbounce. Madeline has to dodge a vast number of spinners; a speedrun of this section alone would take twenty seconds, if not more, and she does not have any solid ground to stand on. At the end of this room is a solid grassy platform, where Granny can be found, congratulating Maddy on making it this far. The Crystal Heart is located shortly after.
Strawberries & Collectibles
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 aesthetics wise, no Reflection-specific mechanics (Kevin Blocks, Bumpers, etc.) were used in it.
Celeste base game chapters
