Celeste
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Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Celeste is Maddy Makes Games' tight, instant-respawn precision-platformer about Madeline climbing the fictional Celeste Mountain, wrestling with anxiety and a literal darker self along the way. The story runs over eight main chapters; a free ninth chapter, Farewell, was added later as a post-game epilogue.
Finishing the story is only moderately hard - deaths are cheap and Assist Mode exists (it disables no achievements except Real Gamer). Getting 100% is genuinely hard: each chapter has a remixed B-Side (unlocked via a hidden cassette), then a brutal C-Side, and Farewell is the single hardest thing in the game. The good news - golden strawberries (no-death runs) are NOT required for any achievement, which removes the worst grind, and nothing is permanently missable: every chapter, side and collectible is replayable from the overworld.
Reckon 30-45 hours for 100%. Recommended: play chapters 1-8 naturally, grabbing cassettes and Crystal Hearts as you go; then clear the B-Sides, then the C-Sides (Thanks For Playing needs all eight), then the PICO-8 achievements, and finally the Moon Berry in Farewell for Wow.
Forsaken
CommonComplete Chapter 1
Story. Finish Chapter 1: Forsaken City, the opening chapter. Unlocks at the chapter end.
Gateway
UncommonCollect a Cassette
Grab any one of the hidden cassette tapes (there's one per main chapter). A chapter's cassette unlocks its B-Side; this pops on your first.
Archaeology
UncommonComplete Chapter 2
Story. Finish Chapter 2: Old Site (the dream-block and Badeline chapter).
Checking Out
UncommonComplete Chapter 3
Story. Finish Chapter 3: Celestial Resort (Mr. Oshiro's hotel).
Breathe
RareComplete Chapter 4
Story. Finish Chapter 4: Golden Ridge (the wind chapter).
Strawberry Badge
RareCollect 30 Strawberries
Collect 30 strawberries (cumulative across all chapters). Golden strawberries aren't required for any achievement.
In the Mirror
RareComplete Chapter 5
Story. Finish Chapter 5: Mirror Temple.
Reflection
RareComplete Chapter 6
Story. Finish Chapter 6: Reflection (the confrontation with Badeline).
Celeste
RareClimb Celeste Mountain
Story. Finish Chapter 7: The Summit - reaching the mountain top completes the base game's main climb.
Resurrections
RareCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 2
Each chapter hides a single Crystal Heart, and grabbing Chapter 2 (Old Site)'s unlocks its brutal B-Side remix. It sits in an optional room off the main path that takes some tricky dashing to reach. A collectibles map or video is the quickest way to the exact spot.
Pointless Machines
RareCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 1
Collect the hidden Crystal Heart in Chapter 1 (behind a puzzle, off the main path). Replayable from chapter select.
Farewell
RareComplete Chapter 9
Finish Chapter 9: Farewell, the free post-game chapter (reached from the overworld after the Core / Epilogue). The hardest chapter in the game - a long precision gauntlet.
Strawberry Medal
RareCollect 80 Strawberries
Strawberries are purely optional bragging-rights collectibles - they unlock nothing mechanical - and there are 175+ across the game, so 80 is well under half. Grab them as you explore. The key rule: a berry only counts once you land safely / finish the room after touching it, so if you die before touching solid ground it doesn't bank. Winged berries fly off if you go down, so nab those on the way up.
Eye of the Storm
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 4
The Crystal Heart in Chapter 4 (Golden Ridge), unlocking its B-Side. Hidden off the critical path in a room that takes some tricky dashes to enter. Use a map for the pixel-precise spot.
Scattered and Lost
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 3
Chapter 3 (Celestial Resort)'s Crystal Heart, which unlocks its B-Side. Like all the hearts it's tucked in a hidden, optional room that needs a bit of precise platforming. Follow a collectibles map for the exact location.
Black Moonrise
LegendaryComplete Chapter 2 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 2 B-Side.
Sever the Skyline
LegendaryComplete Chapter 1 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 1 B-Side (a remixed, much harder version, unlocked by collecting Chapter 1's cassette).
Real Gamer
LegendaryComplete Celeste for PICO-8
Beat the hidden PICO-8 "Celeste Classic" minigame. Access it via the computer in Chapter 3 at the "Huge Mess" checkpoint, then select PICO-8 from the main menu and climb to 3000m. Assist Mode doesn't work here, so it must be done legitimately.
Heart of the Mountain
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 8
Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 8 (the Core). Chapter 8 has no separate completion achievement - this heart is its marker.
Wow
LegendaryFind the moon berry
Collect the Moon Berry, the secret strawberry hidden in Chapter 9: Farewell. On the final screen, after breaking the Vault keep going LEFT to a cluster of floating rock platforms and climb to the berry above the middle one.
Heavy and Frail
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 6
The Crystal Heart in Chapter 6 (Reflection), unlocking its B-Side. Hidden in an optional room that needs some confident dashing to reach. Follow a map or video for the exact route in.
Good Karma
LegendaryComplete Chapter 3 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 3 B-Side.
Quiet and Falling
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 5
Chapter 5 (Mirror Temple)'s Crystal Heart, which opens its B-Side. It's in a hidden optional room; the Mirror Temple's layout makes it especially easy to walk past, so a collectibles map is worth it here.
Golden Feather
LegendaryComplete Chapter 4 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 4 B-Side.
Pink Sunrise
LegendaryCollect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 7
Chapter 7 (The Summit)'s Crystal Heart, which unlocks its B-Side. Tucked away off the main climb in a tricky optional room. A collectibles map is the fastest way to pin the spot.
Mirror Magic
LegendaryComplete Chapter 5 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 5 B-Side.
Center of the Earth
LegendaryComplete Chapter 6 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 6 B-Side.
No More Running
LegendaryComplete Chapter 7 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 7 (Summit) B-Side.
Say Goodbye
LegendaryComplete Chapter 8 B-Side
Complete the Chapter 8 (Core) B-Side.
1UP!
LegendaryGet a 1UP
Also in the PICO-8 minigame. Touch 6 different strawberries so they trail behind you WITHOUT landing on safe ground to bank them, then land to collect all 6 at once - you'll hear the 1UP jingle. Stay airborne or on walls / moving blocks between berries.
Impress Your Friends
LegendaryCollect 175 Strawberries
Collect 175 strawberries - effectively every standard strawberry in the game.
Thanks For Playing
LegendaryComplete all C-Sides
Beat all eight C-Sides - short, expert-tier remix challenges, each unlocked after collecting a chapter's Crystal Heart AND clearing its B-Side. One of the hardest achievements in the game.
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