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'''Deadlocked''' is the twentieth and last official level of ''[[Geometry Dash]]. ''As of'' ''[[Update 2.0]], it is one of three official levels that are rated Demon. It can be unlocked upon collecting 30 [[Secret Coins|secret coins]].
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|levelnumber   = 20
|difficultymain = {{Demon}}
|manaorbs      = 500
|stars          = 15
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|normalmode    = [[File:Robot005.png|x35px]] [[File:Cube059.png|x35px]]
|portals        = Cube, Ship, Ball, UFO, Wave, Robot; Gravity, Size, Speed, Dual, Teleportation
|sequences     = C, w, C, W,,, s,, B,, u,, C, C,,, R, R,, b b, b,, C, c, R,, S,, s,, U,, WW,,, W,,, w S,, s,, B U,, U,,, C,
|artist        = [https://f-777.newgrounds.com F-777]
|audio          = [[File:Deadlocked.mp3]]
|fullaudio      = [[File:DeadlockedFull.mp3]]
|precededby    = [[Geometrical Dominator]]
|followedby     = [[Fingerdash]]
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'''Deadlocked''' is the twentieth level of [[Geometry Dash]] and the third level with a Demon difficulty. 30 secret coins are required to unlock the level.


==Description==
==Description==
Deadlocked shows a variety of new [[Map Components|map components]]. Most notable are the green jump rings which reverse the character's gravity and add momentum. This is the equivalent of hitting the blue and yellow jump ring at the same time or hitting a yellow ring in a blue or yellow gravity portal. It also showcased the teleportation [[Portals|portals]], in which you enter a blue teleportation portal, and exit through its corresponding orange teleportation portal. The colour of the teleportation portals assume a Portal reference. There are also moving blocks, which were introduced in the previous level. The most attractive part of the level is at the second UFO sequence, when monsters appear, shooting lasers, which is similar to the laser parts in the popular mobile game Jetpack Joyride.
Deadlocked introduces new level components like the green jump ring (which changes gravity with additional momentum as if a combination of the blue and yellow jump rings), teleportation portals (which teleport players to another location from a linked portal along the Y-axis), and keys/keyholes (which serve as a visual guide for touch-triggered triggers, however, green inverted-square triggers were used in [[Geometrical Dominator]]). The wave experiences the gravity portal effect for the first time, and a 'boss fight' segment occurs at 64%.
==Secret Coins==
*The first secret coin is unique compared to others, as it requires a key before it can be acquired. In the first ship sequence, a key is placed high up above the moving squares. Once successfully retrieved, it opens an area in the fourth cube sequence which allows the player to grab the coin. Failure to retrieve the key will keep this passage blocked and the player will be forced to take the alternate route situated below it.
*The second secret coin appears during the second Robot sequence. There will be a two-block wide pillar sticking out from the ground. Instead of flying to the top of the pillar, you must drop down and jump shortly after to collect the coin. To return to the normal path, you must jump on top of a disappearing block. This is considered slightly easier than the normal path.
*The final secret coin appears during the second UFO sequence, where monsters are shooting lasers at the player. Before the first laser is fired, try to get close to the top. There will be a saw blade, tap twice, wait a second and tap again, the coin will be acquired. Try to get down quickly as there will be another laser fired shortly after.


==Trivia==
The level also utilizes a more advanced usage of triggers to create 'laser-shooting monsters', which are seen in the first normal-sized UFO segment at 64%. Anti-gravity is experienced for the first time with the wave, as shown in the second wave sequence.
*This is the first official level to award 15 stars upon completion.
*A cube sequence takes place from 0% to 2%, which contains two blue orbs.
*Deadlocked was the fourth level to have a slow portal. the first was [[Hexagon Force]], the second was [[Theory of Everything 2]], and the third was [[Geometrical Dominator]].
*A mini wave transition sequence takes place from 2% to 3%.
*The platforms in the first cube light up whenever the player contacts it, activated by touch-triggered ''Pulse'' triggers.
*A cube sequence from 3% to 12%, involving basic jumping, and introduces the green orb and teleportation portals.
*Deadlocked is the second level to feature a triple speed portal. The first was [[Electrodynamix]].
*A very-fast-speed wave sequence from 12% to 17%, where anti-gravity is first applied to the wave gamemode.
**It is also the first level to have multiple triple speed portals.
*A fast-speed mini ship sequence from 17% to 21%, there is a blue key above the fifth thwomp. The blue key leads to the first coin in the fourth cube sequence, starting at 42%.
*Deadlocked has the earliest [[Forms|form]] change, changing to a mini dart within the first seconds of the level.
*A fast-speed ball sequence from 21% to 24%, with fake red platforms that spawn a monster if touched.
**It also has the shortest segment of a certain form, with the first mini dart segment only lasting around 0.75 seconds long.
*A fast-speed mini UFO sequence from 24% to 28%, requiring good timing and watching the gravity portals.
*This is the second level that does not have a coin in its ship sequence after Electrodynamix.
*A cube sequence from 28% to 32%, with the effects of the very-fast-speed portal from 30% to 32%, after the teleportation portal, click only every second orb. Timing the jump is crucial to reach the robot sequence.
**However, the key to access the first coin is collected in a ship sequence.
*A robot sequence from 32% to 36%, with the effects of the fast-speed portal from 34% to 36%. Before the fast-speed portal, make a precise jump between the two spikes
*This level also makes an interesting use of moving objects and monsters to create "enemies" in the second UFO part. The monsters appear to follow the player, shooting "lasers" from their mouths that the player must avoid. This is similar to the lasers in the game ''Jetpack Joyride.''
*A mini ball sequence from 36% to 42%, with the effects of the slow portal from 36% to 37% and the effects of the fast-speed portal from 39% to 42%. Beware of the speed increase throughout this part.
*The practice mode achievement, "Living Open", is the opposite of "Deadlocked".
*A cube sequence from 42% to 49%, with the effects of the mini portal from 45%. Collecting the blue key from the fifth thwomp from the mini ship sequence unlocks the path to the first coin. Click the second orb after the first portal of the cube sequence, then click the blue orbs except for the one before the second portal. After that, avoid the gravity pad.
* It takes 1:39 to complete this level.
*A fast-speed robot sequence from 49% to 56%. Jump over the gear, then choose to fall into a secret passage that leads to the second coin. Then onto the invisible block. Watch for the invisible spikes; make two precise jumps at this point.
* Deadlocked is the second level where you can transform in every currently available form, the first one being [[Geometrical Dominator]].
*A fast-speed ship sequence from 56% to 64%, with the effect of the mini portal from 62% to 64%. Practice straight fly for this one. After the two portals in the ship sequence, make a sharp input to avoid getting hit by the spikes.
*This is the first demon level to have a dual portal.
*A fast-speed UFO sequence from 64% to 72%. This sequence is a boss battle against six laser-shooting monsters. Avoid where they are facing. The third coin really needs a bit of practice to collect.
*In the sneak peek a platform just before the three green rings is only 1 block long, then it was changed to 2 blocks.
*A very-fast-speed dual wave sequence from 72% to 76%. This sequence is similar to the wave sequence from 12% to 17%.
*This is the first level to have a F-777 song.
*A slow-speed mini wave sequence from 76% to 79%. Just be careful of the walls.
*This is also the first demon level to have a song that is not composed by DJ Nate
*A fast-speed ship sequence from 79% to 87% with the effects of the mini portal at 82%. This section has many moving obstacles; be very careful around them.
*A slow-speed ball sequence from 87% to 89%. Click on every orb; there is no orb to avoid in this sequence.
*A fast-speed UFO sequence from 89% to 93%, with the effects of the very fast portal from 91% to 93%. The moving obstacles there are harder than the 'thwomps' encountered at the first mini ship sequence. Predict well, and then the next sequence will be easy.
*A cube sequence from 93% to 100%.


==Walkthrough==
==Secret coins==
[[File:Geometry Dash - "Deadlocked" 100% Complete -All Coins-|thumb|center|300px]]
*The first secret coin is at 43% and collected as the cube; however, it uniquely requires a key before it can be acquired. In the first mini ship sequence, a key is placed high up above the moving thowomps at 19%. Once successfully retrieved, it opens an area at the 42% cube sequence, which allows the player to grab the coin. Failure to retrieve the key will keep this passage blocked, forcing the player to take the normal route below it.
**If the player barely misses the key, the first secret coin path may still open, as the trigger that opens the path has a larger hitbox than the actual key collectible.
*The second secret coin appears at 53% and is collected as the robot. There will be a two-block-wide pillar sticking out from the ground. Instead of jumping on top of the pillar, the player must drop down and jump shortly after to collect the coin. To return to the normal path, the player must jump onto a fading block. It is considered slightly easier than the normal path.
**The platform was originally three blocks wide, but it was changed in Update 2.01.
*The final secret coin appears at 66% and is collected as the UFO when there are monsters shooting lasers at the player. The player must get close to the top of the screen before the first laser is fired. Then, a spinning blade must be avoided, and the coin will be acquired.
*If all three coins are collected, the player will be rewarded with an extra icon.


== Errors ==
==Gameplay==
===Decorational Errors===
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*When you crash at the last green orb at the second cube sequence, you can see that the top areas to the left and right are unfilled.
*In the last ball sequence, single "orbs" can be seen at the top and bottom of the level. But in the middle of the ball sequence at the top, two of those "orbs" can be seen overlapping each other. This may or may not be intended.
**One of the orbs was also replaced with a pad, although this was meant to kill the player, and hence the player must jump over it.


===Structural Errors===
==Trivia==
*In the first cube segment you can go on the third antigravity jump ring (the first right after the mini dart) and continue normally.
*Deadlocked is the only level to reward 15 stars, the highest amount of stars rewarded from any level.
* If you notice, the second orange teleportation portal has a yellow jump pad peeking on the left of it. This is use to initiate a jump to reach the next orb.
*Deadlocked is counted as an Easy Demon when viewing Demon completions by difficulty on a player's [[Profiles|profile]].
* At 8%, you can jump over a gravity pad instead of hitting it and continue the level by hitting the gravity ring.
*Deadlocked contains the earliest portals of any main level at 2%, which are the mini and wave portals.
* At 9%, if timed correctly, after going through the teleport portal, it is possible to hit the yellow jump pad before touching the gravity portal, therefore causing a crash.
*At the time of its release, Deadlocked contained every form in the game at both normal and mini sizes, except for the Mini Robot.
*After going through the second teleportation portal at around 9%, the jump ring marked with an "X" can be hit with precise timing and not make the player crash.
**No official levels since Deadlocked have used every form that was present in the game at the time of their introduction.
**If the player goes through the second teleportation portal late, then they will be forced to hit this jump ring and doing this will always result in a crash.
**To this day, the Mini Robot has gone unused in any official levels, as have the more recently added Mini Spider and Mini Swing.
* Just before the second Dart segment, if you hit the last green ring before the Dart portal a bit late and hold your jump key, you might be able to play the sequence at a normal speed than a triple speed and the music will be out of sync. A similar error is found in [[Theory of Everything 2]], however, in Theory of Everything 2, the erroneous path was detrimental, whereas this error is beneficial.
*At 21%, it is possible to miss the ball and size portals by flying under them as the mini ship. The level is still possible this way and is not desynchronized from the music.
** It is also possible to get a similar error in [[Hexagon Force]], though it is quite hard to do so. Once again, this error is detrimental.
*Deadlocked is the second level to give a Robot for beating the level, the first being Geometrical Dominator.
** Also, if timed correctly, hitting the second last green orb in the first cube part and missing the last green orb allows the player to slide up an upper slope in antigravity in cube form and go through the dart segment, but you will crash against the lower slope when you reach the antigravity portal, as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIVDxVvqZY here]. However, if you make a series of perfectly timed jumps, you may be able to continue the dart segment as a cube and then continue the level normally.
*In the second cube section, it is possible, if timed correctly, to skip the third green jump ring and cyan jump ring and land on the platform, which leads into the teleportation portal.
*Originally, players could time a jump correctly right before the second wave section that would cause them to skip the wave portal and the speed portal, causing them to enter the second wave section as a cube. However, this was patched in Update 2.01 by adding obstacles that kill the cube at the start of the wave section.
**As a less significant glitch, players could also time the green rings late before the second wave section, causing them to skip only the speed portal and still enter the section as a wave. Similarly, this was also patched in Update 2.01 by adding an invisible speed portal above the visible one.
*At about 9%, the player can use the fake yellow ring to land on the platform, instead of the blue ring and pad.
*There are three different ways to collect the second coin.
**The intended way is to go in the secret path and jump with very little boost to the platform with the secret coin. Then, a fading block will appear on which the player must land and then jump from to continue normally.
***It is possible to jump at the very end of the platform where the coin is located with full boost, going over the fading block and landing on the normal path.
**Another way is to buffer the green orb so that the robot lands on the platform as early as possible and then instantly jumps with full boost to brush past the secret coin and acquire it. It makes it slightly harder to jump over the invisible spikes following the coin.
**The last way is to go up on the normal path (going over the secret path), and make a tiny jump from the centre of the platform to fall onto the platform on which the coin stands and then do a full jump from the very end of the platform to make it back on the main path as the invisible block that normally assists the player on the coin route will not appear.
*At 2%, it is possible to go through a slope and survive. It is seen in the thumbnail image of Partition Zion's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzoWDMF3Imc How to Deadlocked] video.
*At 3%, it is possible to go through a slope and enter the second cube sequence as a mini wave. This path makes the level significantly harder, as it now requires playing both the second cube sequence and the second wave sequence as the mini wave.
*At 76%, it is possible to enter the dual deactivation portal with the inverted wave. Doing so results in the following mini-wave starting at 77% gravity-inverted. It is still possible to complete the level this way.
*At 79%, a cutoff can be found.
*Deadlocked, [[Electrodynamix]], and [[Dash]] are the only levels in the full version to use the very fast speed portal.
*Deadlocked and [[Fingerdash]] are the only levels in the full version where [[collectibles]] are required for the player to obtain a secret coin.
*Deadlocked takes 99 seconds to complete and requires a minimum of 77 jumps.
*Deadlocked is the only main level not to have any magenta jump rings after they were introduced in [[Theory of Everything]].
*Hitting the blue orb with the cross decoration at about 3% late enough will result in landing on the upcoming platform.
*Deadlocked was ranked #60 in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list.


* It is possible to collect the first coin without the key. This can be done by going slightly under the key, so close to it that the path with the coin will be accessible. This happens because the key has a smaller hitbox than other touch triggered objects, so the move or toggle object, whichever one is there, is triggered without actually getting the key, as shown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uw95QzUTa8 here].
==Gallery==
 
<gallery mode="packed">
 
DeadlockedSecretCoin1Task.png|Key required for the first secret coin
* During the mini ball segment, at 37%, you are able to skip a teleport portal and a green ring if timed right.
DeadlockedSecretCoin1.png|First secret coin
* At the first ball segment, it is possible to slip under the ball portal and remain as a mini ship.
DeadlockedSecretCoin2.png|Second secret coin
** If you survive through the ball sequence, it is also possible to go through the UFO sequence as a mini ship too.
DeadlockedSecretCoin3.png|Third secret coin
* At the first robot segment, you can skip a gravity portal and a teleportation portal by holding longer.
DeadlockedMenu.png|Level selection
* During the first mini cube sequence, if you hold down instead of hitting the last gravity ring before the teleportation portal, you will fall towards the orange teleportation portal, hit a jump pad hidden in the portal, and continue as normal.
</gallery>
* At the first teleport portal set after the first secret coin location, it is possible to hit the first gravity ring and survive by landing on the edge of the pillar, despite the pillar having spikes on it.
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* Around the second secret coin area, RobTop has left an "alternative route". After falling down from the pillar into the secret area as normal, instead of making a small jump to reach the coin, make a large jump, but don't touch the green orb. If timed correctly, you will realize that you can enter a overhanging pillar (with fire on both sides), as it is hollow. You can carefully jump off this pillar and continue normally, although this won't do anything.
**It is also possible to get the 2nd coin while tapping on the green jump ring. However, this will kill you if you collect the coin.
**Sometimes, making a very small jump before hitting the green orb will cause the player to propel in a certain direction to obtain the coin but land safely and not die.
*Jumping too late into the third teleportation portal in the level can make the player crash.
 
*Sometimes, during the first ball segment, hitting the first orb too late will cause the player to go too high up, activating the first monster trap (on the orange blocks), but not killing the player. They will then be forced to hit another orb, which will immediately cause the player to crash by throwing them into the second monster trap.
*After the 2nd coin, you can skip the green and blue orb.
 
== Gallery ==


<gallery orientation="none" position="center">
{{Main level navigation}}
File:DeadlockedMenu.png|Deadlocked in the main menu
File:Cube59.png|Icon unlocked after completing Deadlocked with all 3 secret coins (Icon 61)
File:DL-Key.jpg|The key to access the first secret coin (Ship)
File:DL-C1.jpg|First secret coin (Cube)
File:DL-C2.jpg|Second secret coin (Robot)
File:DL-C3.jpg|Third secret coin (UFO)
</gallery>
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Deadlocked
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Lite, Full

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20

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Cube, Ship, Ball, UFO, Wave, Robot; Gravity, Size, Speed, Dual, Teleportation

Sequences

C, w, C, W,,, s,, B,, u,, C, C,,, R, R,, b b, b,, C, c, R,, S,, s,, U,, WW,,, W,,, w S,, s,, B U,, U,,, C,

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Deadlocked is the twentieth level of Geometry Dash and the third level with a Demon difficulty. 30 secret coins are required to unlock the level.

Description

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Deadlocked introduces new level components like the green jump ring (which changes gravity with additional momentum as if a combination of the blue and yellow jump rings), teleportation portals (which teleport players to another location from a linked portal along the Y-axis), and keys/keyholes (which serve as a visual guide for touch-triggered triggers, however, green inverted-square triggers were used in Geometrical Dominator). The wave experiences the gravity portal effect for the first time, and a 'boss fight' segment occurs at 64%.

The level also utilizes a more advanced usage of triggers to create 'laser-shooting monsters', which are seen in the first normal-sized UFO segment at 64%. Anti-gravity is experienced for the first time with the wave, as shown in the second wave sequence.

  • A cube sequence takes place from 0% to 2%, which contains two blue orbs.
  • A mini wave transition sequence takes place from 2% to 3%.
  • A cube sequence from 3% to 12%, involving basic jumping, and introduces the green orb and teleportation portals.
  • A very-fast-speed wave sequence from 12% to 17%, where anti-gravity is first applied to the wave gamemode.
  • A fast-speed mini ship sequence from 17% to 21%, there is a blue key above the fifth thwomp. The blue key leads to the first coin in the fourth cube sequence, starting at 42%.
  • A fast-speed ball sequence from 21% to 24%, with fake red platforms that spawn a monster if touched.
  • A fast-speed mini UFO sequence from 24% to 28%, requiring good timing and watching the gravity portals.
  • A cube sequence from 28% to 32%, with the effects of the very-fast-speed portal from 30% to 32%, after the teleportation portal, click only every second orb. Timing the jump is crucial to reach the robot sequence.
  • A robot sequence from 32% to 36%, with the effects of the fast-speed portal from 34% to 36%. Before the fast-speed portal, make a precise jump between the two spikes
  • A mini ball sequence from 36% to 42%, with the effects of the slow portal from 36% to 37% and the effects of the fast-speed portal from 39% to 42%. Beware of the speed increase throughout this part.
  • A cube sequence from 42% to 49%, with the effects of the mini portal from 45%. Collecting the blue key from the fifth thwomp from the mini ship sequence unlocks the path to the first coin. Click the second orb after the first portal of the cube sequence, then click the blue orbs except for the one before the second portal. After that, avoid the gravity pad.
  • A fast-speed robot sequence from 49% to 56%. Jump over the gear, then choose to fall into a secret passage that leads to the second coin. Then onto the invisible block. Watch for the invisible spikes; make two precise jumps at this point.
  • A fast-speed ship sequence from 56% to 64%, with the effect of the mini portal from 62% to 64%. Practice straight fly for this one. After the two portals in the ship sequence, make a sharp input to avoid getting hit by the spikes.
  • A fast-speed UFO sequence from 64% to 72%. This sequence is a boss battle against six laser-shooting monsters. Avoid where they are facing. The third coin really needs a bit of practice to collect.
  • A very-fast-speed dual wave sequence from 72% to 76%. This sequence is similar to the wave sequence from 12% to 17%.
  • A slow-speed mini wave sequence from 76% to 79%. Just be careful of the walls.
  • A fast-speed ship sequence from 79% to 87% with the effects of the mini portal at 82%. This section has many moving obstacles; be very careful around them.
  • A slow-speed ball sequence from 87% to 89%. Click on every orb; there is no orb to avoid in this sequence.
  • A fast-speed UFO sequence from 89% to 93%, with the effects of the very fast portal from 91% to 93%. The moving obstacles there are harder than the 'thwomps' encountered at the first mini ship sequence. Predict well, and then the next sequence will be easy.
  • A cube sequence from 93% to 100%.

Secret coins

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  • The first secret coin is at 43% and collected as the cube; however, it uniquely requires a key before it can be acquired. In the first mini ship sequence, a key is placed high up above the moving thowomps at 19%. Once successfully retrieved, it opens an area at the 42% cube sequence, which allows the player to grab the coin. Failure to retrieve the key will keep this passage blocked, forcing the player to take the normal route below it.
    • If the player barely misses the key, the first secret coin path may still open, as the trigger that opens the path has a larger hitbox than the actual key collectible.
  • The second secret coin appears at 53% and is collected as the robot. There will be a two-block-wide pillar sticking out from the ground. Instead of jumping on top of the pillar, the player must drop down and jump shortly after to collect the coin. To return to the normal path, the player must jump onto a fading block. It is considered slightly easier than the normal path.
    • The platform was originally three blocks wide, but it was changed in Update 2.01.
  • The final secret coin appears at 66% and is collected as the UFO when there are monsters shooting lasers at the player. The player must get close to the top of the screen before the first laser is fired. Then, a spinning blade must be avoided, and the coin will be acquired.
  • If all three coins are collected, the player will be rewarded with an extra icon.

Gameplay

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Trivia

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  • Deadlocked is the only level to reward 15 stars, the highest amount of stars rewarded from any level.
  • Deadlocked is counted as an Easy Demon when viewing Demon completions by difficulty on a player's profile.
  • Deadlocked contains the earliest portals of any main level at 2%, which are the mini and wave portals.
  • At the time of its release, Deadlocked contained every form in the game at both normal and mini sizes, except for the Mini Robot.
    • No official levels since Deadlocked have used every form that was present in the game at the time of their introduction.
    • To this day, the Mini Robot has gone unused in any official levels, as have the more recently added Mini Spider and Mini Swing.
  • At 21%, it is possible to miss the ball and size portals by flying under them as the mini ship. The level is still possible this way and is not desynchronized from the music.
  • Deadlocked is the second level to give a Robot for beating the level, the first being Geometrical Dominator.
  • In the second cube section, it is possible, if timed correctly, to skip the third green jump ring and cyan jump ring and land on the platform, which leads into the teleportation portal.
  • Originally, players could time a jump correctly right before the second wave section that would cause them to skip the wave portal and the speed portal, causing them to enter the second wave section as a cube. However, this was patched in Update 2.01 by adding obstacles that kill the cube at the start of the wave section.
    • As a less significant glitch, players could also time the green rings late before the second wave section, causing them to skip only the speed portal and still enter the section as a wave. Similarly, this was also patched in Update 2.01 by adding an invisible speed portal above the visible one.
  • At about 9%, the player can use the fake yellow ring to land on the platform, instead of the blue ring and pad.
  • There are three different ways to collect the second coin.
    • The intended way is to go in the secret path and jump with very little boost to the platform with the secret coin. Then, a fading block will appear on which the player must land and then jump from to continue normally.
      • It is possible to jump at the very end of the platform where the coin is located with full boost, going over the fading block and landing on the normal path.
    • Another way is to buffer the green orb so that the robot lands on the platform as early as possible and then instantly jumps with full boost to brush past the secret coin and acquire it. It makes it slightly harder to jump over the invisible spikes following the coin.
    • The last way is to go up on the normal path (going over the secret path), and make a tiny jump from the centre of the platform to fall onto the platform on which the coin stands and then do a full jump from the very end of the platform to make it back on the main path as the invisible block that normally assists the player on the coin route will not appear.
  • At 2%, it is possible to go through a slope and survive. It is seen in the thumbnail image of Partition Zion's How to Deadlocked video.
  • At 3%, it is possible to go through a slope and enter the second cube sequence as a mini wave. This path makes the level significantly harder, as it now requires playing both the second cube sequence and the second wave sequence as the mini wave.
  • At 76%, it is possible to enter the dual deactivation portal with the inverted wave. Doing so results in the following mini-wave starting at 77% gravity-inverted. It is still possible to complete the level this way.
  • At 79%, a cutoff can be found.
  • Deadlocked, Electrodynamix, and Dash are the only levels in the full version to use the very fast speed portal.
  • Deadlocked and Fingerdash are the only levels in the full version where collectibles are required for the player to obtain a secret coin.
  • Deadlocked takes 99 seconds to complete and requires a minimum of 77 jumps.
  • Deadlocked is the only main level not to have any magenta jump rings after they were introduced in Theory of Everything.
  • Hitting the blue orb with the cross decoration at about 3% late enough will result in landing on the upcoming platform.
  • Deadlocked was ranked #60 in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list.
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Normal Polargeist · Dry Out
Hard Base After Base · Can't Let Go
Harder Jumper · Time Machine · Cycles · Blast Processing · Geometrical Dominator
Insane xStep · Clutterfunk · Theory of Everything · Electroman Adventures · Electrodynamix · Hexagon Force · Fingerdash · Dash
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