Level

The Level tab focuses on the current level scene. Several rows are useful for routing and review, but state-changing rows can mark the attempt as Cheat.

Option	Control	What it does	Attempt status
Auto Kill	Toggle	Automatically kill the player after a configured map-time threshold or inside selected regions.	Cheat
Auto Deafen	Toggle	Press the configured Discord Toggle Deafen hotkey after entering a selected region until death or reset.	Regular clean
Confirm Restart	Toggle	Require a confirmation prompt before restarting the current room attempt.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Confirm Full Reset	Toggle	Require a confirmation prompt before fully reloading the current chapter.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Freeze Gameplay	Action	Freeze gameplay updates until toggled off or advanced by the frame stepper.	Cheat
Respawn Time	Numeric toggle	Open respawn timing controls, including whether speedhack affects the delay.	Regular clean
Pause Timer	Numeric toggle	Delay resumed gameplay after unpausing and show a center countdown.	Cheat
Pause Tracker	Toggle	Record pause count, rapid pauses, and paused time.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Toggle	Pause after a detected frame-time spike.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Freeze Timer While Paused	Toggle	Halt level and journal timer accumulation while paused.	Cheat
Hide Pause Menu	Toggle	Hide Celeste’s pause menu while the game remains paused.	Regular clean
Light Level	Toggle	Adjust light presentation for the current level.	Regular clean
Bloom Level	Toggle	Adjust bloom presentation for the current level.	Regular clean
Screen Tint	Toggle	Apply a configurable screen tint.	Regular clean
Screenshake	Toggle	Override native Celeste screenshake. Intensity 0 disables shake.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Refill Clarity	Toggle	Highlight already-visible one-use refills with a configurable outline.	Regular clean
Deload Spinners	Toggle	Simulate spinner deload timing while the option is enabled.	Cheat
Skip Intro	Toggle	Hold confirm on repeated B-side intro title screens to enter the map.	Regular clean
Skip Postcards	Toggle	Hold confirm on level-entry postcards to jump straight into the map.	Regular clean
Reduced Visual Noise	Toggle	Apply Akron’s reduced visual-noise presentation settings.	Regular clean
No Particles	Toggle	Suppress particle presentation.	Regular clean
No Glitch	Toggle	Suppress glitch-style visual effects.	Regular clean
No Anxiety	Toggle	Suppress anxiety-style visual effects.	Regular clean
No Distortion	Toggle	Suppress distortion-style visual effects.	Regular clean
Hide Snow	Toggle	Hide snow presentation.	Regular clean
Hide Wind Snow	Toggle	Hide wind-snow presentation.	Regular clean
Hide Waterfalls	Toggle	Hide waterfall presentation.	Regular clean
Hide Tentacles	Toggle	Hide tentacle presentation.	Regular clean
Hide Heat Distortion	Toggle	Hide heat-distortion presentation.	Regular clean
No Death Wipe	Toggle	Suppress black screen wipes while preserving completion callbacks when configured.	Regular clean
No Freeze Frames	Toggle	Suppress native hitstop/freeze-frame pauses. This changes gameplay timing.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Toggle	Open live hitbox controls for collision boxes, filters, colors, opacity, thickness, and style.	Cheat
Fix Hitbox Pixels	Toggle	Render circular hitboxes as sampled collision pixels instead of a smooth approximate outline.	Regular clean
Show Hitbox Trail	Toggle	Draw recent player collision boxes behind Madeline.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes On Death	Toggle	Show the death-object hitbox after dying without enabling live hitboxes.	Regular clean
Show Triggers	Toggle	Draw invisible Celeste trigger regions without turning on all hitboxes.	Cheat

Option menus

Rows with a triangle expose the controls listed below.

Option	Menu control	What it changes	Attempt status
Auto Kill	Map-time threshold	Kill the attempt when current map time reaches the configured threshold.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Selected areas	Kill the attempt when Madeline enters selected rectangles.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Draw areas	Draw selected Auto Kill rectangles below the Akron menu.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Conditions section	Expand optional area-only filters for speed ranges, movement direction, dash count, grounded/airborne state, player state, and inverted matching.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Speed ranges	Only trigger selected-area kills while Madeline’s total, horizontal, or vertical absolute speed is inside configured ranges.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Movement direction	Only trigger selected-area kills while Madeline is moving left, right, up, down, or still on an axis.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Dash count	Only trigger selected-area kills while Madeline has the configured current dash count.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Grounded/airborne	Only trigger selected-area kills while Madeline is grounded or airborne.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Player state	Only trigger selected-area kills while Madeline’s internal player state id matches the configured value.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Invert conditions	Trigger selected-area kills when enabled conditions fail instead of when they pass.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Clear areas	Remove all selected Auto Kill rectangles.	Cheat
Auto Deafen	Hotkey	Set the Discord Toggle Deafen hotkey Akron will press.	Regular clean
Auto Deafen	Test hotkey	Press the configured hotkey immediately.	Regular clean
Auto Deafen	Selected areas	Trigger deafen when Madeline enters selected rectangles.	Regular clean
Auto Deafen	Draw areas	Draw selected Auto Deafen rectangles below the Akron menu.	Regular clean
Auto Deafen	Clear areas	Remove all selected Auto Deafen rectangles and restore the Discord audio state if Akron believes Discord is deafened.	Regular clean
Respawn Time	Seconds	Configure the post-death respawn delay.	Regular clean
Respawn Time	Real time	Use real elapsed time so Akron’s timescale does not stretch or shrink the delay.	Regular clean
Pause Timer	Seconds	Configure how long gameplay is held after unpausing.	Cheat
Pause Timer	Remove pause darkening	Remove Celeste’s leftover pause darkening during the countdown.	Cheat
Lag Pauser	Threshold ms	Set the frame-time spike threshold that triggers the pause.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Recovery grace ms	Ignore frame-time spikes briefly after respawning or entering a room.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Repeat cooldown ms	Prevent repeated automatic pauses immediately after a lag pause.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Ignore SRT	When Speedrun Tool is loaded, skip the brief grace window after Speedrun Tool state-transition hooks so intentional load-state hitches do not count as Lag Pauser spikes.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Triggers	Show how many frame-time spikes triggered Lag Pauser.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Last spike	Show the duration of the most recent frame-time spike.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Lag Pauser	Reset threshold	Restore the default spike threshold.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Light Level	Percent	Set the lighting override percentage while `Light Level` is enabled.	Regular clean
Bloom Level	Percent	Set bloom suppression or amplification while `Bloom Level` is enabled.	Regular clean
Screen Tint	Opacity	Set screen tint opacity.	Regular clean
Screen Tint	Tint	Choose the screen tint color.	Regular clean
Deload Spinners	Seconds before deload	Configure spinner deload simulation timing.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Active only	Hide inactive entities from live hitbox rendering.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Hide player	Hide the player collider from live hitbox rendering.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Hazards	Draw spike, blade, and death-object hitboxes.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Solids	Draw solid collision boxes.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Triggers	Draw trigger areas.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Sync Hitboxes	Clear cached hitbox draw state and rebuild live hitboxes on the next frame.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Show Hitbox Trail	Draw recent player collision boxes behind Madeline.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Length	Set how many previous player hitbox positions are kept.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Trail %	Set maximum opacity for older hitbox trail samples.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Line	Set live hitbox outline thickness.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Black outline	Add a black contrast border behind colored hitbox lines.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Fill %	Set interior opacity for drawn hitboxes.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Player	Set Madeline/player hitbox color.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Solids color	Set solid collision grid color.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Hazards color	Set spike, blade, and death-object color.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Triggers color	Set trigger area color.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Other	Set fallback color for other collidable entities.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Reset style	Restore Akron’s default hitbox style.	Cheat
Show Hitbox Trail	Length	Set how many recent player collision boxes are kept.	Cheat
Show Hitbox Trail	Opacity	Set hitbox trail opacity.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes On Death	All hitboxes	During the death window, draw the regular hitbox set using `Show Hitboxes` settings.	Regular clean
Show Hitboxes On Death	Player marker	Mark Madeline’s recorded death position even when `All hitboxes` is active or `Hide player` is enabled.	Regular clean
Show Hitboxes On Death	Death object	Set the last recorded death-object hitbox color.	Regular clean
Show Hitboxes On Death	Player marker color	Set the last recorded player-position marker color.	Regular clean

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