Start (Celestial Resort)

**Start** is the first subchapter of Chapter 3: Celestial Resort in Celeste. The subchapter sees the player coming across Mr. Oshiro's resort and meeting him for the first time. Dust bunnies, as well as their moving sludge and circling sludge variants, appear here as the main focus. Some other things introduced in this subchapter are keys, locks, shimmer blocks, sinking platforms, moving platforms, and sludge-spawning tiles. A room with the Cassette to unlock Chapter 3's B-Side can be found, but it's merely a preview and can't be played through.

## **Gameplay**

Madeline starts off outside of the resort and has to traverse a few rooms before reaching the entrance. The resort has to be unlocked with a key located in the fourth room, which can be reached by climbing the floating platforms and dashing across. Another method to reach it is by dashing diagonally upward before entering the screen transition and then dashing again to reach the key from the left. Mr. Oshiro can be summoned in the first room inside the resort by ringing a bell. He then tries to persuade Madeline to stay in the resort, but Madeline refuses and just wants to pass through.

The following rooms can be fairly tricky compared to rooms in the last 2 chapters. Circling sludge makes up much of the challenge and timing your dashes inbetween them can be difficult. Wait until the time you think is best to dash past the circling sludge and then wait until you're comfortable doing it again. When stalling on sinking platforms to time your next move, make sure to be constantly jumping so the platform doesn't fall too far down.

Keys will be required to progress, so the player will need to take detours through other rooms to collect the key and unlock the rest of the area. In the sixteenth room of the subchapter are 4 key tokens to be collected in order to unlock the key-activated platform. Try to walk on the bottom spring as the moving spring on the left is at its left-most point, then bounce into the top-left token and dash to the right. From there, climb the platform and collect the next token, then fall down to grab the token hovering above the dust bunnies and diagonally dash upward to the floating platforms. For a safety net, you might want to wait until the moving platforms with springs are in line to be there when you dash. Lastly, simply jump into the bottom-right key token and climb the wall. The next room is also tricky, so to get it consistently just walk back and forth to avoid the dust bunnies as you sink and then jump to the left and dash directly up. Climb this wall and jump into the dash crystal before timing your dash carefully to make it inbetween the dust bunnies.

### **Strawberries**

There are 11 Strawberries found in this subchapter (not including the Golden Strawberry which spawns in the first room).

Berry 1

Found in the third room of the subchapter, this Strawberry is found floating low in the air below the second moving sludge. Stay bouncing on the spring until the moving sludge is at its highest, then move right and grab the wall after touching the berry and climb up. You can then either dash straight up after jumping off the wall or dash back onto the spring.

Berry 2

Found in the third room of the subchapter, you can only access this berry by going above the main section of the room. At the end of the room, go back left over the roof and back at the left you can see the Strawberry hovering around spikes. Dash diagonally back and forth through this room and the one to the left to reach the platform. Walk off the platform to hit the Strawberry then dash directly to the left.

Berry 3

Found in the sixth room of the subchapter, this Strawberry is floating near a cluster of dust bunnies. Stand on the fourth floating platform (at the top-left of the dust bunnies) and walk off the right at the time the circling sludge moves past the bottom-right of Madeline, then dash straight left to land on the green platform.

Berry 4

A hidden area can be found by walking through the bottom-left of the eighth room of the subchapter (which has the second key of the subchapter). In the room you arrive in, walk into the spring on the floor and grab onto the falling platform. When this platform starts falling, jump and grab the next falling platform, then do it again for the last one. Dash left after this third falling platform starts to fall. In the room to the left, this Strawberry is found. Jump left when the moving sludge on the right is moving up, wait a bit, then jump left again and dash directly left without touching the disappearing platform. Then, jump off the wall after claiming the Strawberry and you can make it back by jumping and dashing when you wish.

Berry 5

To get to this berry, follow the same route to reach the previous berry. A smashable wall is found on the ceiling of the room where the 4th berry is located in, so dash into this ceiling to continue. In the next room, jump and dash straight left to get past the narrow gap with the dust bunnies. Touch the dash crystal and make your way up the corridor, then dash to the left at the top and slide down the left wall, jumping before you land in the dust bunnies, and do the same for the wall you land at. After a transition from a previous room, another room has to be completed. Dash directly into both dash crystals and wait before dashing the last time underneath the floating dust bunny. After this, you can go left to find the Strawberry in a balcony over a previous room.

Berry 6

In the ninth room of the subchapter, a vertical transition can be seen to the top-left of where Mr. Oshiro is waiting. Wait on the last sinking platform to jump to the floating platform furthest to the right, then climb up and jump off the right side and dash diagonally upward to the right to climb the corridor. In this room above, the strategy is just dashing directly into every dash crystal. Slide down the right wall to grab the Strawberry and jump off the wall, then dash back to the left to get back to safety.

Berry 7

In the eleventh room of the subchapter, a Winged Strawberry is seen at the end. Climb up the first platform and jump over to get to the next one. Jump to the third platform to climb up and jump over it, then stick to the right side of the fourth platform and jump off. From there, grab the berry.

Berry 8

Found in the fourteenth room of the subchapter, this Strawberry is seen floating underneath the leftmost sinking platform. Aim to run off the platform while both circling sludges are far away and grab the wall until you're comfortable dashing out of the pit to climb to safety.

Berry 9

In the fifteenth room of the subchapter, a hidden path can be found above where you start. Upon entering the room, you should first walk into the hole and dash to the left to land on the platform. Go right and then dash left again and slide down the wall to then jump off and land on another, lower platform. Jump into the gap inbetween the dust bunnies and dash left, then you can reach the Strawberry. However, you need to get out of the area before being able to claim the Strawberry. Start climbing the left wall and dash to any nearby disappearing platform to refresh your stamina when needed.

Berry 10

Found in the fifteenth room of the subchapter, this Strawberry is floating at the top over some spikes. You have to approach this berry carefully to not make your return impossible due to overlapping with sludge-spawning tiles you already went past. From the start of the room, jump across the first set of dust bunnies and climb the wall you reach. Jump off this wall and dash over the next wall to reach the next platform. Jump to the floating platform and then jump at the top to the other side, then wall jump to the other floating platform. This is the trickiest part, and it has to be done quickly. Jump to the platform which the berry is hovering over, then jump up and dash to the left. To survive, wall jump off the right side of the very first wall you climbed over and climb up right left side of the wall opposite of it. To continue the room without a death, do a wall jump off the left and dash diagonally up-right to grab the rightmost floating platform, then jump over that to move on.

Berry 11

On the right side of the fifteenth room of the subchapter, a smashable wall is located on the floor. This will take you to a spot above a previous room with 2 moving sludges in a narrow corridor. Start running right as soon as the moving sludge on the floor starts moving right, then shortly after jump and dash right to reach the berry. Standing on the elevated floor where the Strawberry resided, dash to the left as soon as the moving sludge on the floor starts moving right and continue left quickly to get out.