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Renevant is a 2.0/2.1 solo Extreme Demon created and published by nikrodox and verified by rori on 9 November 2019. The level is the third instalment of The Dedication Tetralogy and the sequel to Allegiance. Its predecessor contains similar gameplay and decoration, but Renevant has more obscure visibility, noticeably improved details, extremely difficult timings and tight spots. According to EndLevel, his version was easily harder than Bloodlust, the hardest-rated Demon at the time.

History

Renevant was initially set to be verified by EndLevel but was given to Aquiver after he dropped the level. After Aquiver claimed to have verified the level without a recording, he passed it on to Wooshi to reverify. However, Wooshi dropped the level due to stress and subsequently gave the verification to rori, who made short work of the level despite a 98% fail on the last jump three days before its verification.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to that of Allegiance, albeit significantly harder. The level starts with a half-speed cube section with a few spikes and then a memory/timing cube segment. After the cube part, there is a ship sequence where most of the level has obscured visibility in darkness, making the part harder. There is lots of straight-flying as well. Next is a short ball, where most of the level is blocked from view again. After the ball, there is a tight wave. The wave does not require much spamming but is very tight, with the wave barely being able to fit through the spaces.

After the wave segment, there is a short and easy transition to a UFO and then the drop. The drop is extremely difficult. Many sections of this part are obscured from view, making it even tougher. There are frequent portal- and speed changes, although most of the drop is fast-paced. There are also lots of straight-flying and wave spamming. After the drop, there is an extremely tight swing copter section, a wave spam section and a straight-fly segment. Finally, the level ends with a half-speed double-spike and a normal-speed triple-spike.

Trivia

• The level's password is 987654.
• The level contains 78,168 objects.
• The level's duration is 1m 38s.
• The level was rated on 18 December 2019, supposedly with two other levels, Cognition and Calculator Core.
• The level was initially placed at #4 on the Demonlist on 28 December 2019, above Bloodlust (#5) and below Crimson Planet (#3).
  • This change pushed EnvY into the Extended List and Matilda the Machine into the Legacy List.
• The upcoming final instalment of the Dedication Tetralogy called Anathema was completed on 5 July 2023. Just like Renevant, it is also set to be verified by rori.
• It is the second hardest-rated level that uses a song with lyrics, after Slaughterhouse.
• Aquiver was going to verify it, but EndLevel took over. EndLevel, however, he gave up on it since he doesn't want to steal knobbelboy's fame for verifiying Bloodlust, and gave it back to Aquiver.
• Aquiver supposedly verified the level without recording.
• Kier is the fastest person to beat Renevant in just five days.
• This is one of the three Top 10s that Amza beat all three of them within a week in May 2021, along with Tartarus and Crimson Planet.
  • Nevertheless, he completed Renevant two months prior after getting 67% as his previous record.
• rori died at the very last jump in the level, a triple-spike, at 98%.
• Renevant, along with its song, 'Grim Grinning Ghosts', follows the theme of revenants, a term describing someone that returns to life after death.
• The level's name is misspelt; nikrodox stated this to be intentional, as he believes it to "roll off the tongue better [and be] more unique and recognizable."
• The placement of Damascus on 3 October 2023 pushed Renevant out of the Top 50 on the Demonlist.

Videos

File:Renevant VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Nikrodox - On Stream

The verification of Renevant. Credits to rori.