Mirror Temple C-Side

**Mirror Temple C-Side** is the C-Side of Chapter 5: Mirror Temple in Celeste. This C-Side tasks the player with many precisely timed wall bounces and smart use of swap block momentum.

## **Gameplay**

A good majority of the challenges in this C-Side will revolve around the player doing wall bounces off of small lips in the wall or off of swap blocks. The first room has a very tight pattern required to do the wall bounces needed for making it to the end safely. The second room tests the player on their knowledge of swap block momentum. The final room has red bubbles transporting the player to various parts of the room which each have wall bouncing challenges.

### **Strategies**

Room 1

Pairs of swap blocks mostly covered in crystals hover in the air separated by crystals from the ceiling as your only means of getting to the right. The primary method of getting across is to jump to the right and dash straight up at where the right edge of the first swap block would be, then wall bounce to the right but not too far as to not touch the crystals. Fall down and quickly wall jump off the right side of the next swap block, collect the dash crystal, then ready another wall bounce off of the third swap block in the room. Do this wall bounce and repeat this process on the fifth swap block in the room, then after wall jumping to the right off of the last swap block you'll be able to climb to the end. Another method of doing this room is to start with a wavedash into then dashing straight up into the first dash crystal, then diagonally up-right. Do a wall jump to the right off of the third swap block to collect the next dash crystal and dash up-right again, then you can quickly wall jump off of the fifth and then sixth swap blocks' right sides to make it to the end barely. Note that this method forces you to pick up the Golden Strawberry if it has been unlocked and is considered harder if the player is adept at the usual method.

Room 2

Above your head is a single swap block, and to your right is a wall of crystals past a bottomless pit. The goal here is to jump and dash straight up into the swap block, then hit the jump button as it pushes you right to be launched right and be caught by another swap block on the right side. Line up your vertical dash with the background element of the swap block's path; specifically, dash straight up at the first pair of small bumps from the right (in other words, the fourth set of them to the right of the swap block's starting position) and you should make it to the right side flawlessly.

Room 3

This room has some skull binoculars available to preview the room, if needed. After entering the first red bubble and going right, you can either wall bounce off of the lip in the wall, followed by a straight right dash into another red bubble, or you can continue right until you need to dash diagonally up-right to avoid some crystals, then you can take the next red bubble up-right and dash up-left out of it into the next red bubble. Take this red bubble down-right, then you need to wall bounce off of the very small platform to make it up to the area above which has a dash crystal. Climb up to the dash crystal, then climb back down a bit before jumping to the right. Make a jump to the right while adjusting yourself if needed to avoid crystals, then line yourself up to do a wall bounce off of the incoming swap block as you pass it. Continue right and fall to the swap block below, which you should quickly wall jump off of to the right to be able to wall bounce on another swap block to the right. After this wall bounce, you'll be able to fall into a red bubble and take it to the right. To the right is a small bit of a platform sticking out to the right which you must dash straight up out of the red bubble to wall bounce off of. There is a spring below in case you miss this area, allowing you to retry it. From this wall bounce, move all your momentum to the left to get into another red bubble, which should be taken straight right. Then, you need to dash straight down before colliding with the crystals and grab a tiny platform on the left side to avoid plummeting into crystals. Wall jump to the right into another red bubble, which will take you to the last area which has many dash crystals and dash switches. Dash up-right into the first dash crystal and dash straight up to hit a dash switch and open the first temple gate. Fall to the right into another dash crystal, then dash up-right into the next one. Dash straight right, then straight up after claiming another dash crystal to hit another dash switch and unlock the second temple gate. Fall to the right after this to collect one more dash crystal, then dash up-right to make it to a safe area on the right where you can jump and dash up to the Crystal Heart to complete the level.