Celeste build guide

Termiinal - Mage Focused Celeste

by TermiinalVersion 4Updated Aug 22, 2026Guide #735643

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 9 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Celeste leaning more into the mage archtype but with the option to pivot to a carry.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 10 items · Left to right (Extra Health any time after burst is okay) - SAVE YOUR 3's UNTIL YOU GET THE 2AP
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Mystic Expansion
3. 3
  Mystic Burst
4. 4
  Extra Charge
5. 5
2Panicoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Grit
3Core
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
2. 2
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
44.8k Options For Slot Efficiencyoptional
Author's category · 8 items · Sell Order: Extra Regen, Extra HP, Mystic Burst
1. 1
  Spirit Lifesteal
2. 2
  Weapon Shielding
  Built from Grit
3. 3
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
4. 4
5Mage Route
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Mercurial Magnum
  Built from Quicksilver Reload
4. 4
6Both Routes
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
7M1 Routeoptional
Author's category · 3 items · Draft has no carry
1. 1
  Spiritual Overflow
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
2. 2
  Ricochet
3. 3
  Unstoppable
  Built from Debuff Reducer
8Eventually
Author's category · 2 items · -Kdash +Sling
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Spellslinger
9Mage Optionsoptional
Author's category · 5 items · Decay and Alch Interchangeable
1. 1
  Scourge
2. 2
  Boundless Spirit
3. 3
  Alchemical Fire
4. 4
10M1 Debuff Techoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Inhibitor
2. 2
  Silencer
3. 3
  Toxic Bullets
11Common Defensiveoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
2. 2
  Ethereal Shift
3. 3
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
12Other Defensiveoptional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Metal Skin
3. 3
  Divine Barrier
4. 4

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Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Light EaterLight Eater	Light Eater: Ability unlocked, step 1						Light Eater: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 9