Celeste: Chapter 2 - Achievement: 1UP! (+3)
9Celeste (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
v.1.2.6.1 (2019 Jan 21)
Chapter 2: Old Site (2A)
Achievement: 1UP!
Description: Get a 1UP
More detailed description:
- When you gather a strawberry, it will follow you around until you're on "safe" ground for more than a brief moment, after which you will automatically collect it.
- If you gather 6 strawberries, then collect them all at once, the 6th strawberry will give you a "1UP" (i.e. an extra life, which in this game is kind of pointless (you already have infinite lives!)... but it does also get you the "1UP!" Achievement). =)
So... the "1UP!" Achievement is something I originally got quite a while back, by collecting 6 of the first 8 strawberries in 1A. Since then, however, I've played 2A a lot (with both Madeline and Hiccup-eline!)... and at some point it occurred to me that 2A might also work well for 1UP.
Anyway, I finally got around to doing some testing, and... 2A definitely has some advantages going for it! ^.^
Compared to 1A's 1UP path, 2A's 1UP path has:
- more places to regain stamina (and Dashes!) without having to land (sparkly transit blocks!), so you can take 2A more slowly, deliberately, and carefully than 1A... which in theory should result in fewer mistakes!
- fewer insta-death hazards (spikes/pits)... which means making a mistake might result in the loss of one strawberry, but probably won't result in the loss of all strawberries!
- easier (IMO) paths to get to extra strawberries... so if you do make a mistake and lose a strawberry, getting a replacement strawberry will probably be a little easier than getting one in 1A.
Of course, 1A does have the advantage of being a faster path! Faster paths can be easier to practice... and since more practice means fewer mistakes, 1A is definitely not a bad choice either! ...but since this is a 2A video, let's get back to 2A. =)
After some further testing, I realized that gathering 7 strawberries was not notably more difficult than gathering 6... and gathering 8 or 9 was a bit more difficult... but definitely doable! ^_^
Anyway, since some players will find certain strawberries to be easier than others, I decided to record all 9. That way, if you're having trouble with the 1UP Achievement, you can find "gather without collecting" strats for whichever strawberries you find easiest... even if they're different than the ones I find easiest!
So anyway, if you're having trouble with the 1UP! Achievement (or are just curious to see what sorts of strategies I used), hopefully this video will be of some help!
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:15 2A begins!
0:34 You can open this later if you want, but it's probably safer to do this before you start gathering.
0:59 Mirror scene
- It is actually possible to gather strawberry #1 and avoid collecting it here (you have to trigger the cutscene while in the air, so you can pause and skip while still in the air), but looping around a second time before gathering #1 is IMO a lot safer!
1:27 Strawberry gathering begins!
- Whenever possible, I tried to limit the number of consecutive hops to 2 or less (IMO it's easier to lose proper "don't stay on the ground too long" timing when doing long strings of hops), but there are a couple places in this run where there are more than 2 hops.
- Tech note 1: If you press Jump as you're leaving a sparkly transit block, you'll get a lift as it sends you out!
- Tech note 2: After entering a sparkly transit block, if you hold Climb and hold your directional input in the opposite direction the block is sending you (hold straight left or straight right, even if you're going diagonally), you'll grab the end of the block instead of being propelled out of it!
1:29 #1
1:47 #2
2:00 #3
- IMO this path is pretty safe, but if you want to be even safer, you can actually create this strawberry ahead of time (before you start gathering)!
2:26 #4
2:43 #5
2:58 #6
- Touch-move platforms like this are not considered "safe" ground (thus, strawberries cannot be collected while standing on them!).
3:09 #7
3:23 #8
- IMO this is probably the most difficult to gather without collecting anything, mostly because there's not much space above the transit block, so if your Dash isn't high enough, you may end up being on the block for too long!
3:30 Disappearing platforms (like this tiny one here) are not considered "safe" ground (thus, strawberries cannot be collected while standing on them!).
4:03 #9
4:38 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 1UP, 1UP, 1UP, 1UP... 4UP get! ^_^
- And in case anybody's curious, yes, similar to the Mirror scene, if you pause and skip this cutscene while you're in the air, you can actually continue without collecting any of your strawberries!
Celeste - Madeline:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2afCDgXmKSTYRhf-Q4oXtbH_
v.1.2.6.1 (2019 Jan 21) notes:
http://www.celestegame.com/changelog.html
http://www.celestegame.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/Celeste/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/celeste
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