celeste - farewell golden berry obtained / yolo run (world first)

streamed over at www.twitch.tv/lennygold (watch the full stream vod while it's up!)
alright a bit of explaining for any potential confusion, i heard about the very last screen existing but i've never been spoiled on how it looks and i've never been in there to practice it up until now, that's why i took so much time to look at it before going.
most grinding streams on twitch were alongside fplush and eenox, amazing people that both helped me find new strats and motivated me in the making of this, be sure the check them out!
www.twitch.tv/eenox
www.twitch.tv/fplush
farewell more like madeline the electrician

[@lennygold6752]

Watching this again in checkpoint 8 still gives me anxiety

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

Relatable

[@JoaoRenatoBail]

nah man, just dash, grab, jump and dont die! its so easy!

[@notxevy]

This chapter feels unfinishable.. Im at the screen where badeline tells us we are close to the end but this is too hard. I died so many times that I triggerred a cutscene where madeline wants to give up and badeline motivates her I thought it would be the last one, please tell me there is bonus stages for golden berries I feel like Im approaching my limitd

[@eonstar]

@@notxevy there is a bonus stage for berries, and I got that same cut scene. Keep going, you can do it.

[@spicymf4420]

you are a masochist. That is the only explanation i can find

[@CasperTheRestless]

celeste helps you overcome anxiety because its most difficult challenges give you anxiety

[@MrStone125]

Please stop talking like you are 8.

[@think_of_a_storyboard3635]

@@MrStone125 sounded normal to me, what's wrong with his "talking?"

[@harisnaufal890]

It's depression simulator what you'd expect

[@Quinn3151]

Geuss what i have anxiety since birth

[@AprilIsTheWorstMonth]

Gives you so much anxiety that it makes all the other anxiety small

[@malakite10]

I, too, would like to have TASbot uploaded to my brain.

[@tofufiish]

Are you sure? (y/n)

[@tyholbrook7664]

Brain sudo apt-get install TASbot

[@wuh6230]

@@tofufiish y

[@NATONIOZ]

Process un succesful brain to small delete space (y/n)

[@thisguykreas]

@@NATONIOZ Alternative: Get swol brain? (y/n)

[@ronanelliott9709]

Wait so he puts a special room in . . . that can only even be attempted if you beat the game's hardest level flawlessly . . . and each time you die there, you have to flawless the game's hardest level all over again? Matt certainly knows his player base

[@Pianoblook]

Pretty sure Matt uses they pronouns, btw

[@zoniverse2048]

just use assist mode and practice

[@loltool5513]

there is debug mode that lets you tp

[@mariopokemon955]

Flandre Scarlet good people, call non-binary people by their preferred pronouns man

[@mariopokemon955]

@@Maritoshadow what?

[@greekletterphi9620]

Can I just say I love the trolly PowerPoint music on the final screen?

[@Fruitabat]

yeah that music screams "troll face"

[@brianli6562]

It's like it's telling you well played, get over *THIS* now.

[@RichConnerGMN]

@@RsayRsayRsay holy shit shut the fuck up

[@tarz1109]

Dammit I missed the deleted comment

[@greekletterphi9620]

@@tarz1109 I used to have a profile pic of Hornet from Hollow Knight saying "git gud," the deleted comment quoted that, and I guess Conner didn't get the reference and told Anx to shut up

[@SoMuchNoise1]

A little sad there’s no change to the epilogue considering there are 2 special berries. Then again, that must be a little awkward. Granny: This strawberry pie is delicious, Madeline! Where did you get those 2 extra ones though? (Jazz music stops)

[@noranekonyaa5801]

A fuckin gilded pie covered in moonberry juice is gonna be the final pie

[@CatShapedDonut]

Imagine a gold plated pie from all the gold berrys you collect

[@kiritolightning]

from my lucid dream of nightmare

[@wackbyte]

But Farewell happens after Granny dies, so...

[@ArteMarie56]

jakbyte exactly

[@YTSunnys]

Decided to check how far I was into this stage, and apparently only 1/3rd in. Didn't expect this chapter to be 30 minutes long and while I didn't look past the part I'm currently at, I can't imagine how frustrating this must've been.

[@doublesystem9790]

I've spent 3 hours just on the last level, lol

[@FelipeKana1]

FYI, he closes the level at around 23min. The rest is a secret room for golden strawberry only. He had to do it for the first time, and took his time planning

[@lashs5311]

7 hours for me lol

[@HeyRoosty]

I'm currently at 6 hours played on Chapter 9 and I just got to the very last screen, which is where I stopped watching too. Hoping I can atleast finish it in under 7, lol. I speedrun the game (Not great, but I can consistently get 50min times) so Chapter 9 taking as long as it takes me to finish the game 7-8 times is hilarious, lol.

[@ViridiVulpis]

I spent 20 hours on chapter 9

[@ScarletEmber64]

I can't believe the most torturous room in the entire game shares it's music with a literal powerpoint presentation

[@PieOfCthulhu]

Wait, they put in an extra room exclusive to golden strawberry runs? Just to hurt people that much more? Matt makes cruel, cruel games.

[@jeremyquiros5483]

Petition to change their company name to Matt Makes *_CRUEL, CRUEL_* Games

[@regularrandomperson7108]

I feel Extremely Cruel Games is so much more cooler.

[@retinas2001]

That's not even fair because I want to play that level too. Getting golden strawberries has never been used for unlocking more levels before.

[@maadalchemist7545]

Patrick Norton Assist mode is always an option. That feature is these specifically so that difficulty isn’t a gate for players.

[@cameronlamb153]

@@retinas2001 use the cheat menu

[@KitKat-sv9qp]

Celeste makes Path of Pain look like Child's Play Jesus Christ. You're a madman

[@WoahleSun]

TimTems Yeah it does

[@icy1963]

Wha... thi... h... HOW!!!

[@brianli6562]

@@icy1963 beginning of chapter 9 up until the heart gate >>> Path of pain

[@wallonice]

@@brianli6562 everything after the heart gate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Path of pain

[@jamesonmacmillan1144]

I mean path of pain isn't even that hard, but I do play primarily platformers and was naturally good at Hollow Knight so idk

[@Lots_of_Loto]

As if carrying the golden berry wasn't stressful enough, the music of the final room adds even more stress to the situation.

[@pavtyler8405]

Not the wavedash.ppt music. Noooooooooo

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

It’s “easy”!

[@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest]

WAVEDASH.PPT OR SAY GOODBYE

[@dampseeker]

@@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest do you mean "or say farewell"?

[@thestopmotion]

yolo run is pretty accurate considering what the acronym stands for

[@Quinn3151]

What does it stand for? :)

[@thestopmotion]

you only live once :)

[@Quinn3151]

I was just kidding i know what it means lol

[@thestopmotion]

o

[@yukisetsuna1325]

:yolo:

[@Jona69]

I got the the farewell golden today. It took me 130 hours and 12k deaths over the course of 9 months. After 80 hours on farewell I got to the golden room and died, it took me 50 more hours to get back there. This time I fucking made it! I'm watching back a bunch of videos of speedrunners getting, I feel so proud that I got it too eventually.

[@djtom3986]

Congrats!

[@Nathan-mx7rj]

Congrats

[@Jturby]

You’re insane dude, don’t ever forget that

[@trex9600]

9 months!? Your determination is insane

[@furballisticfinn6881]

15:05 *Bird that carries you over a disproportionately medium-sized gap intensifies*

[@Kayta-Linda]

That song is *so* underrated.

[@noragilman2643]

This unlocked a memory i didn't know I had, holy shit.

[@cursorjustvanished]

**Can you really call this a dream, I didn't receive a (idk) on my pillow or anything**

[@furballisticfinn6881]

@@cursorjustvanished mint

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@noragilman2643 memory of what?

[@mc-starz4739]

I can hear horheristo crying internally

[@fattytan1377]

He is like "not gonna happen, nope nope nope nope"

[@yumivt]

i mean he will just release a spliced version like he does for every game.

[@hoohah5067]

@@yumivt You know its spliced?

[@sampletext9426]

@@yumivt his content isn't spliced unless he mentioned it in the description

[@polyhedronman9975]

he wont cry internally until he even fucking tries blushiemagic's bonus terraria boss without taking damage.

[@Reunomi]

And they say that Golden Strawberry'ing this would take several weeks or even months? Incredible work lad.

[@krittin115]

Lol hi

[@Megacooltommydee]

Never doubt the power and determination of speedrunners. As Bismuth said, "The limits are never where we think they are."

[@NinjarioPicmin]

whoa without this comment i would have never realized HOW close this was to farewell even being out, HOW literally HOW, WHAT?

[@JoseJavierFTW]

This is extremely impressive, after completing it I actually thought this feat was close to impossible, even more so now knowing that there is a freaking extra room in the end you can't even practice in. Congratulations on your achievement!

[@josguil]

JoseJavier Colina you can practice the last chunk if you get to the room with assists, get to the top to get the Golden berry, but instead of finishing the level you go back to the beginning of that screen. Now if you die instead going back all the way to the start of the chapter you start on that screen.

[@SSM24_]

If you use debug mode, you can teleport to the final screen in order to practice it. It's located wayyyy off to the right of the regular level.

[@GDZipper]

Joseph Olson you can open an alt file with cheat mode or use debug mode

[@JoseJavierFTW]

Thanks for the replies, didnt actually know that! But for him to actually not practice and find the solution to the room on the go without dying, thats what stuck the most to me, the pressure to perform must have been colossal!

[@LouisDesitter]

I never intended to get the Golden Strawberries purely at the thought of having to do the B-sides deathless. This level sealed that resolve in stone forever. (Spoilers for last room below) I do really like the meaning for that very last room though. That little dinky green flag, I feel like it's supposed to be Granny's. You've made it as far high as she did. And now, you are just as crazy as she was ! Congrats, you loon !

[@earthquack30]

It's also a reference to the ending of the original PICO version of Celeste.

[@Ezel_142]

I thought this would take months to accomplish, literally how are people so insanely fast? D:

[@OrchidAlloy]

He's the most skilled player in the game

[@monkeyo5361]

Not even...a week...not even five days...

[@aribee625]

It really isn’t that bad if you practice each room, I’ve gotten to beat blocks and if I can get past there reconciliation is easy, granted I have a couple hundred hours in the game but it’s all practice based Update: I just got the golden strawberry

[@0_0uau]

Easy: he doesn't have a life

[@mmiinnaa11]

@@0_0uau that is his life

[@Rickfernello]

Absolutely amazing. Incredible job. In awe every second through. Game creators will be proud.

[@cheesedari8899]

reading this comment now hits very different :3c

[@sapsoup]

Holy shit its rick

[@Iamgoodatnames]

Holy shit, its rick alright

[@victorjohnson5646]

yooooo Rick

[@Jakestaish]

I'm using your video as a tutorial just to get me through the chapter. I have to say. After watching this, I have good faith that I will never 100% this game. Other than that, watching you get through this entire maze flawlessly just brings to mind how much dedication it must have taken to be able to do something like this. Hats off to you, man. You've earned any praise you get with this.

[@BigMastah79]

When you and the Bird and Badeline work together it just feels so exhilarating, I’m sad the game isn’t gonna get anymore content but I’m so happy this was the end

[@davidpowell9376]

This made me nervous and I wasn't even playing it. Well done, very well done!

[@kierankavanagh5876]

Imagine getting to the end deathless only to realize u forgot to bring the berry

[@papyrusplays6021]

I feel like that would be pretty hard to do unless there’s a phantom berry in your vision

[@Iamgoodatnames]

lmao

[@SG2048-meta]

@@papyrusplays6021Recently I thought I had gotten chapter 2 golden, but I forgot to bring the berry

[@hagridisbeautiful1781]

I love how calm he acts when he’s literally doing something no one else in the world has done

[@Megacooltommydee]

Someone should donate a few thousand dollars to you for being insane and masochistic enough to be the first one ever to pull this one in a million achievement off, especially this quickly after the release.

[@greekletterphi9620]

What. An. Absolute. Madlad.

[@pawlogates]

What is the meaning of life and purpose of existence of any form in general?

[@fleecemanjenkins6648]

202

[@Aaron-ub1qw]

Hamburger

[@exomin4309]

almond

[@tyholbrook7664]

And a cup of milk

[@hydro0___]

A) 42. B) Hey you are a GD man. Have discord?

[@gifdar]

This is easily one of the most impressive (and stressful) things I’ve seen in my life

[@keiiper6001]

You are an absolute madman for not practicing the last room first with debug mode

[@LuigiXHero]

Iamdadbod said he would buy a gift for the first person to get this legit.

[@blorglord]

came here to comment this lol

[@Quinn3151]

He shoulda gave him a car xd

[@MAML_]

An exact replica of intro car

[@Dr.Jazz85]

I literally cried tears of joy for you watching you get the pico8 flag at the end! Absolutely amazing!! Congratulations!!!!

[@lolinghardly]

i can't help but admire your dedication, most people can't even beat farewell, you literally beat it deathless, absolutely amazing

[@JoystickStereo]

23:08 Me after literally every long room in the DLC

[@bait5257]

😂😂

[@zazz7027]

Yo same 😂😂😂

[@Megacooltommydee]

Big kudos to you, lennygold for not only proving to the world that collecting this golden strawberry was possible, but also for inspiring many of the other people who are both going for and have collected this berry.

[@alephbunchofnumbers]

22:55 lmao, love that bit of sass. Anw gratz mate, youre a legend!

[@Triffyrose]

What an absolute madman, especially doing that extra screen for the first time. Great job!

[@kailee0634]

watching this makes me wonder how i got through a single one of these rooms omfg remembering the pain

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

Serious props to you. This is insane. Just to clear this it took me 10 hrs

[@louie.4047]

Could you leave a link for the robotic chip you bought and installed into your brain?

[@bait5257]

@@MAML_ your link is readable

[@ilan5821]

Wait so that special screen appears only when you have the golden strawberry?

[@ars8223]

Yes.

[@skellez]

There is also a special scene if you do a golden strawberry run and get rhe moon berry

[@Arthurtilly]

@@skellez no there isn't, you need to die once to be able to get the moon berry in a run

[@부추-m5c]

@@Arthurtilly no you can get moon berry in golden strawberry run. game move your golden strawberry to the moon berry start point where you have to die

[@skellez]

@@Arthurtilly The g strawberry detaches from you and allows you to do the mandatory death

[@Kriog16]

This is truly impressive, I literally can't think of more skilled Celeste player than you! What was the latest death on golden you had?

[@lennygold6752]

latest death was on the 2nd rhythm block room, had 2 attempts die there

[@alexhaugan1894]

I love how at the end of the golden room it’s just a little “beep-beep-boop”

[@shoelariat]

As soon as I saw farewell had a golden berry I was out. Maybe someday but not any day soon. Props and congratz, my guy.

[@laytonjr6601]

I currently have 181 berries. It's a long way from 202

[@akasakasvault7597]

Me, still farming hearts to pass the event horizon, when I see that he gets to it at a 6th of the video : Say sike right now

[@normalmighty]

I don't think everyone realized when farewell came out that the wall was there because the challenge behind it made b-sides look like child's play.

[@bee-sk3il]

@@DeidaraIsTheBest10 i think that’s why, smart game design

[@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest]

btw half of the video is on the extra golden berry room the actual finish line is around 21 so you're 1/3rd through

[@akasakasvault7597]

@@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest I'm done with it now

[@TrulyAustralian]

I love how the Kevin room’s music looks like a crystal heart

[@its_bongos]

“Now to spam this in every discord I’m in” LMAO you deserve it champ, amazing resilience!

[@scotu7075]

It really calms my nerves during this when you hum the music haha

[@PiercingSight]

Finally, an unedited walkthrough of level 9! I always get annoyed when the music skips to a different place in edited walkthroughs. This is SO much better! (Seriously though, well done man! Holy freaking crap, you did it!) Also, can we appreciate that a really efficient perfect level 9 takes longer than a speedrun of the base game? That means that this DLC is basically an entire game's worth of content in a single level, and all for free! Dang!

[@sawayoshisy]

it's gonna get hella optimized dw

[@oliviapg]

Nah the chapter 9 speedrun is down to like 20 mins vs 27 for the main game

[@kaangamgimginnkagnagnkingmngkn]

This was a stream. And they did it. It's awesome. - Captain Obvious, sorry for you.

[@dog9302]

Mans chilling to the music while hitlessing the hardest level in the game

[@christopherulrich164]

Congrats dude. Seriously. This is amazing, you deserve it.

[@lutherwilliamson]

that final room was insane to watch, huge congrats

[@FDelp994]

Congrats on world first! That was super clutch on the final screen

[@PloverTechOfficial]

I’m a day early (for my Timezone) but hey happy 4 year anniversary of this absolutely titanically stellar achievement! Wonderful work.

[@caioza]

im currently playing the b sides and having a tough time, looking at this gives me a PTSD i dont even have yet youre a god in this game bro wow

[@rossburton8775]

I just spent several days completing this the non-goldenberry way. Several thousand deaths. Watching it done like this is super cathartic. Well done! The electrical box at 19-40 took me about an hour. I was boosting in a different order to this and it was not working until it did by sheer luck. Wish I'd watched this video yesterday!

[@PrScandium]

"yolo run" is such a fitting title

[@LittleNinja257]

Shit made my heart race for the fast paced part( this is my first time witnessing some type of celest gameplay) very impressive I wanna see if I can do it now

[@Crispeaks]

what an absolute mad lad. I tip my hat off to you good sir.

[@jordanneal576]

You're absolutely insane. I will never do this, and I'm okay with it. Once I get the Wow achievement I think I'm satisfied with what I've done in this game.

[@gio9255]

Absolutely insane! I got Celeste on sale but I don't even know if I can stomach getting every berry in the game just to get Chapter 9's Golden Berry. Congrats.

[@mateussoares515]

The main game tells you how to overcome anxiety and then gives you some to try

[@flameblade3]

I still love how Badeline just has a handful of strawberries looking like she is about to shove all of them in her mouth

[@amphithererose2300]

This is more satisfying then those compilations . Great work my man!

[@PlushSM64]

**HE S THE CHOOSE ONE**

[@monika523]

good job mane 🍓

[@MAML_]

Your name, slowed down

[@vestrylike8198]

huge huge gg to you dude, what a awsome gameplay

[@龙尹-t3o]

Mind if i repost this video to a Chinese website? Most of us r unable to watch y2b, but u r a legend! i want u to be known!

[@lennygold6752]

if there's nothing against it i don't see why not, i don't mind

[@strawberrysoda7114]

This is actually insane, congrats!

[@prooie3524]

I could feel my fingers breaking, just watching this. Absolute madlad must have hands of steel. Good job!!

[@tdubywuby5795]

This man did 30 minutes of platforming unable to die, or hed have to do it again. Holy shit. Respect. You've earnt my sub!

[@NinF37]

I’m still on screen 4

[@Transfurred]

TheNintendoFan37 i passed it

[@CatShapedDonut]

F

[@elio6361]

I'm here to brag : I finished chapter nine. Like, with 3000 deaths, but I did it in the end. I was so happy. Just be aware that the final room takes like 1min and 30 seconds for speedrunners, and there's no checkpoints. Goog luck.

[@NinF37]

@@elio6361 YOO CONGRATS THO! This is totally something you can brag about, dont even worry :)

[@ptmars9586]

I did it in about 3000 my first time as well, and my second time i managed 2000.

[@LeKatty_]

I spent 14 hours trying to beat the normal way, aroung 4k deaths, and my heartbeat was race paced while watching the Reconciliation segment, this is purely insane I almost cried on 30:21 cuz i didn't notice that was a safe place to land, i thought you were about to die, congrats on beating this monster of a challenge

[@ike8028]

I am so glad I found this video. If I beat Farewell with the golden and found another screen, I would cry

[@anthonyromero9935]

Absolutely mindblowing watching you play.

[@AustinSmithProfile]

"Never held a grab button so hard in my life" lol

[@laugrimdude]

My god good job!! I thought this would never happen and you did it within a week!

[@CephalonBread]

This man deserves subs. Gratz on the world first!!!

[@sunnyshipper1075]

I remember getting to the heart gate after I just unlocked the chapter and I was FUMING because I only had the four to unlock the core and I already spent like two hours on that first part.

[@destroyer4929]

I mean there's a checkpoint right before it so

[@Im_Not_Loss]

10:58 I just noticed there was a demo dash room to right, how have I not noticed this?!

[@anoncuber1510]

the powerpoint music at the end has the farewell leitmotif WRYYYYYY

[@sninctbur3726]

Imagine being the first person to discover that there’s an entire extra screen at the very end specifically for golden runs

[@Megacooltommydee]

Unfortunately, it's not what you might expect. He knew beforehand it was there since people had been poking around in the level for some time.

[@sninctbur3726]

@@Megacooltommydee My point is, imagine being one of the people who poked around beforehand.

[@pixelate4131]

Why didnt Granny turn into a ghost like Oshiro?

[@dallama2616]

oshiro was a lost spirit or something like that according to granny. he was delusional and still believed he was alive and business was just slow in the hotel instead of it having shut down years earlier

[@marcelo55869]

That granny knew how to life and never left unfinished business

[@AustinSmithProfile]

The best part is the humming along to the music!

[@idiotic._.waffle]

Just got this recommended to me. 202 berries I never did. And I never will. Absolutely fucking insane that real alive actual people have done this, and I’m just happy to see one of my favorite games again

[@_Bee305_]

mad props on this! super smooth

[@matenmeplox544]

HE GOT IN 10 MINUTES TO WHERE I TOOK 13 HOURS TO GET

[@charles9810]

yeah same here oh god

[@vivianriver6450]

I took 14, but I'm doing it again. It's actually been more fun the second time, IMO.

[@mjv2011]

my jaw hit the floor when i saw the last room. WHAT IS THIS

[@Psycho0Noob]

this video is my inspiration to keep pushing for fwg someday hopefully!!

[@jaystrike3270]

22:33 I was clapping saying good job but.. What? I didn't expect this

[@Pikaton659]

Was the save card any different?

[@lennygold6752]

nope, just 202 instead of 201

[@Melecie]

lennygold is it 2/0 berries

[@lennygold6752]

@@Melecie yup 35:41

[@TheTrueXaver]

Doesn’t it turn gold if you 100%?

[@Korudo1322]

That feeling of anxiety in the last part

[@Metalicrock_]

I beat farewell last night and watching this was absolutely incredible

[@NaviNeku24]

I can’t do this, let alone complete the chapter, without assist mode! Congrats, man! 👏👏👏

[@markspangler9209]

6:40 : Well that makes me feel better for spending about an hour there!

[@joepat1279]

@Jay L r/ihadastroke

[@samwad484]

This game deserves this kind of effort so much

[@thehiddenninja3428]

If you don't know: A while later, the moved this exclusive room to only after the moon-berry. That's right; doing farewell golden is no longer good enough to unlock this secret. You need to get the moonberry while you have the golden as well.

[@bait5257]

Wtf is this madness

[@jasonroussos1585]

This isn't true. I did regular golden on the switch edition and the room was still there.

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@jasonroussos1585 huh. I'm sure I saw someone get the golden in the normal way and the golden room wasn't there. mb

[@jasonroussos1585]

@@thehiddenninja3428 I don't know. Maybe there is a difference in PC and switch I guess. Sorry for being rude though.

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@jasonroussos1585 You weren't, don't worry

[@How2Lamp]

Alternate title: Breaking my entire physical and mental stability

[@shawnji6139]

This deserves waaaaaaayyyy more than just 1000 views and a few thumbs up. Why in the heck isn't this trending?

[@Green_Cat_28082]

A serious question, *ARE YOU A GOD ??* Incredibly, many attemps and now this, im starting c sides in celeste and this gives me energy ;)