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Nhelv is a 2.1 Extreme Demon collaboration level created by SrGuillester, Notlsa and DienID and verified and published by SrGuillester on 14 April 2021. The level is based on the music video of its song, Nhelv by Silentroom, which features fast-paced movement and somewhat flashy lighting. It is also often considered one of the best Extreme Demon levels in the game.

Gameplay

Note: The entire gameplay of Nhelv was created by SrGuillester. The names listed are the decorators.

• 0-9% (Notlsa): The level starts with an auto cube transition into a fairly easy ship part. The decoration here is grey, and the speed is slow, matching the mellowness of the song in the beginning. The ship requires some easy straight fly and a bit of manoeuvring. The ship turns into a cube and has to memorize the section along with some crucial timing and micro clicks, such as a green orb at around 5%, that needs to be hit very lightly. A green dash orb brings the player up, and the player must let go at the right time. A Japanese symbol flashes on the screen as it transitions into DienID's part.
• 9-15% (DienID + Notlsa): Suddenly, the speed accelerates to triple-speed, and the game mode featured is now a wave. The decoration here becomes significantly less subtle as the song becomes less subtle as well. The player must traverse through some difficult spaces while touching the D blocks on the platforms above and below them as the screen flashes, making it very hard to see what you are doing. Plus, the size constantly changes throughout. The part could be somewhat interpreted as the wave section at 61% in Cold Sweat.
• 15-83% (Notlsa): An easy cube section follows, comprising some teleport portals and dash orbs that need to be let go in time with the music to hit the pads. This part acts as a transition into a medium-difficulty ball part with generally the same decoration as the 9-15 wave, with some difficult orb timings, but the section itself is pretty readable. A very fast cube section with some line trolls and orb timings follows as the player becomes a dual and hits two dash orbs, with teleport portals syncing to the music as the level's name flashes in digital-clock-esque text. A pretty easy memory UFO and ship with a few fakes and timings are after this, as the decoration and background flash red, white and black to match the intensity of the music. The block designs then break away, leading into a monochrome part with lines across the screen while the blocks at the left side of the screen fly away. This part uses multiple game modes with high orb and portal usage, notably teleport orbs. The background and block colours switch frequently. Next is a slower cube part featuring moving spikes and orbs that fade in and out. The player stands on a block that moves with the player but is often switched with other blocks. A fast UFO part follows after, with stars made out of spikes. The decoration is similar to the part before the cube. The game mode switches to a dual ship and cube where the ship weaves between the stars, and the cube constantly falls across the screen using invisible teleport portals. It soon becomes just the cube going through a series of orbs and pads. It slows down after a dash orb leads to a mountain-like cube as the player descends, making very easy jumps. After a few fast screen pulses, it gets faster, and the background is replaced by a red and black spiral. The timings are harder than before, mainly involving difficult orb timings. It then turns into a cave-like ship part as various symbols fade on the screen. One final symbol is used to transition to DienID's part.
• 83-95% (DienID): The player enters a dual with both waves split and glide automatically while intense and flashy effects play in the background. The song and effects are known to amplify the stress of this section, especially how close the player is to the end. The player enters a dual involving muscle memory and skilful wave manoeuvres. The waves enter a corridor with mostly blind inputs before a slow mini-cube section. The player enters another dual before an upside-down straight fly to the final cube.
• 95-100% (Notlsa): The player reaches a sync-based cube section, then a UFO in which the player hits each black orb in a rhythm before falling up as the end screen appears. The level name is displayed, including the creator names and Silentroom.

Wins

• Flolepro was the first Low Refresh Rate victor of Nhelv with 36,889 attempts on 7 April 2022, beating it on 75hz.

Trivia

• The level is free to copy.
• The level contains 178,040 objects.
• The level is 2m 36s in length.
• The level was rated on 21 April 2021.
• The level was ranked #15 in GDToday's 100 Greatest Levels of All Time list.
• The level was initially placed at #29 on the Demonlist on 13 May 2021, above Gamma (#30) and below Hyper Paracosm (#28).
  • This addition pushed Artificial Ascent into the Extended List and Phobos into the Legacy List.
• The level was nominated for and achieved Best ExtremeDemon in the Geometry Dash 2021 Awards.
• The level's decorations are based on the official music video of the song.
• The Japanese text before the 9% wave translates to 'Silence'.
  • This may refer to the song artist Silentroom, but this is not confirmed.
• The level was formerly the hardest-rated memory level in the game, taking the title of hardest memory level from Killbot.
  • However, some victors believed that Nhelv is not a memory level because not every part is purely memory. If this were the case, the title of 'hardest memory level' would have gone to Requiem by Lithifusion.
  • The title of the hardest verified memory level would later be taken by LIMBO, verified by BUNNYGRAM on 26 November 2022.
• SrGuillester himself states this is around Yatagarasu difficulty; however. many other victors say this should be above Hyper Paracosm.
• The song used for this level can also be found in the Japanese rhythm game Arcaea.
  • Eventually, some people on Arcaea Reddit community predicted that this level may be over 10*, due to many people saying that the level was extremely epileptic and flashy.
  • Initially, the song was composed for the BMS of Fighters 2017. Despite Silentroom placing second overall, Nhelv won the competition with a score of 268,759 and 273 overall impressions of the song.
• This level is considered one of the most enjoyable Extreme Demon levels in the game.
  • This level was AeonAir's favourite when he beat it. The title has now been taken by NEUTRA. AeonAir also considers it to be harder than Bloodlust.
    • However, LuigiDB made the opposite way, considering one of his least favourite levels in the game due to bad luck.
• Sadius has a Mobile World Record of 43%, while Chosbar's previous record is 42%.
• Much like Glide, this level has a 'npesta mode', which reduces the flashing effects or darkens bright colours as the level under ordinary circumstances would hurt his eyes very badly due to him having astigmatism.
• Nhelv, along with Violently X, The Yandere, Ragnarok, Bang Gang, Tapwreck, HURRICANE, TANTRUM, Surge of the Shield, Tenth Circle, Cold Sweat, Halberd and doradura are the only Epic Extreme Demon levels without a song on Newgrounds.
  • In Nhelv's, as well as HURRICANE, Surge of the Shield, Cold Sweat, Halberd and doradura's case, the song was NONG intentionally by replacing the song with the proper song.
• The placement of The Yangire on 30 October 2024 pushed Nhelv into the Legacy List of the Demonlist.

Videos

VerificationOriginal Layout

File:(ExtremeDemon) Nhelv by Notlsa and Dienid VERIFIED

The verification of Nhelv. Credits to SrGuillester.

File:"Nhelv" Full Layout

The original layout of Nhelv. Credits to SrGuillester.