Reflection is the second subchapter of Chapter 6: Reflection B-Side in Celeste. The subchapter is mostly composed of large vertical rooms which the player must descend through while chasing against Badeline's vines which block parts of the screen.
Gameplay[]
In this subchapter, nearly every room will be a large drop from the top in which the player must avoid crystals everywhere in slightly varying challenges. Generally, all of the rooms for the most part will play out the same way, having the player move left and right as they descend and dashing at the right moments, sometimes interacting with objects like angry platforms along the way. Every room has some water at the bottom, but this is never— except for one tiny stretch— used for any challenges.
Strategies[]
Room 1
This room isn't a challenge and is just a re-introduction to Badeline's vines, so just advance to the right and go down the hole at the end, making sure not to hit the crystals near the corridor.
Room 2
For this first drop, your inputs should be quite linear. Fall down and dash straight right to collect a dash crystal, then fall and dash left when the time is right. Do this again, dashing straight right, right again, then left and continue falling. Sway a bit right and left as you fall down this last part to avoid any nearby crystals poking out.
Room 3
Fall down and dash straight right twice according to when you collect dash crystals, then dash right again, this time into the angry platform, then grab onto it. Slide down it slightly as you grab it to avoid being crushed by the wall to the left. Then, you can let go and jump down to another dash crystal and you can use that dash straight into the angry platform to the left to then grab it when you can. Release the grab button as soon as the angry platform hits a platform seen within the crystals such that you can boost yourself to the right over the many crystals. Jump to the left off of the right wall and carefully move to the left inbetween the gaps of crystals.
Room 4
Jump to the right and dash straight right to reach a gap in the crystals, then fall into the bumper below's top-left side. This should give you enough of a bounce to reach the left side gap in the crystals and allow you to fall down a bit. Eventually, you'll need to dash straight right, and after that you should aim for the top-left side of the other bumper, found below. After being bounced to the left, you can dash in any direction needed to correct your location to a point where you can fall through the gap and to the bottom of the room. The path to the end of the room will be partially blocked by crystals here, but you can safely just swim to the bottom of the pool of water and go straight right to avoid it.
Room 5
In this room, you need to make sure to save your dash properly. Jump to the right and fall down while swaying left or right to get around the crystals, then you'll need to dash straight to the left to keep falling. After this, you'll touch a dash crystal, and fall a bit further and you can use this regained dash straight to the right, then move a bit to the left to touch another dash crystal. Move a bit to the right, then dash straight left again and you'll be finished.
Room 6
Jump and dash straight to the right, then fall to the right for a bit so that you can land on top of an angry platform. You'll need to dash straight down to make the angry platform move up, then jump as it collides with a bit of the wall so that you can get a large jump up. At this height, dash to the left into a dash crystal, then dash to the right after falling a bit into another dash crystal, then dash right into the angry platform's left side and grab it. Wait until the angry platform fully stops after it collides with the wall to then jump off safely to the left and not be thrust into crystals. Slide down the left wall and jump to the right and you should make it to the bottom.
Room 7
This room will also require you to save your dash for the first bit of the drop, in which you just need to move back and forth to avoid any protruding crystals until you can grab the wall. Position yourself to then jump all the way to the left, between crystals above and below, and you'll reach another wall to grab. Find the right spot to jump to the right and grab another wall just below, then jump to the right off of that one and dash diagonally up-right over some crystals at the end.
Room 8
Jump to the right and dash straight to the right into a dash crystal, then dash to the left after falling a bit. Start quickly moving to the right as you fall to collect another dash crystal, then dash straight right into the feather. Take this feather to the left, down, and to the right as much as possible. You'll fall again and then need to dash left, collect a dash crystal, and dash right. Then fall while moving a bit to the left or right to avoid a stray crystal in the middle of the gap.
Room 9
This room oddly does not contain Badeline's vines, so you can proceed without any obstructions in the room. In this room you'll need to be dashing constantly as you keep refreshing your dash. Dash to the right after falling into the first dash crystal, then dash up-right into another one to avoid the crystals while narrowly making it inbetween some crystals. From the right wall below, jump to the left and dash to the left to collect another dash crystal, then dash from there up-left and grab the platform. Climb up, then jump right into the dash crystal and quickly move back right and climb the platform again. Using your regained dash to go up-left and start falling, moving left and right, to fall into another dash crystal. Dash straight right, fall a bit, then dash up-right into another dash crystal, then keep going right and dash straight right. Fall a bit, then you'll need to fit between two sets of tiny gaps in crystals by dashing to the left and falling. For consistency, try dashing to the left early so you can see if you might need to move a bit back right to correct your position.
Room 10
This room will be horizontally oriented with many dash crystals to follow. Jump off the starting area to the right and dash right into the first dash crystal, then dash up-right into the next dash crystal. Fall a bit and then dash straight right into another, then dash straight up and move a bit to the right to hit another. Dash up-right and collect another dash crystal, then fall a bit to then dash right into another dash crystal, then dash up-right into the feather. Take this feather to the right with a bit of upward and downward adjustment along the way and you'll reach the end.
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