The Golden

The Golden

ID

60978746

Creator(s)

Bo (host and publisher), El3cTr0 (co-host), Gooseam, Geemi, Woomy, EyeOfTheStorm, Eridani and Byselling (Verified by nSwish)

Created

Update 2.1

Attributes

Difficulty

Stars

10

Length

1m 24s

Objects

117,647

Statistics

Downloads

3.3M+

Likes

126.9K+

Rating

Featured

Audio info

Artist(s)

Waterflame

Music

ThunderZone v2

Music ID

638150

The Golden is a 2.1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level hosted by Bo and El3cTr0, published by Bo and verified by nSwish on 17 April 2020. It is a remake of the 2.0 Insane Demon El Dorado. Known for its extremely difficult wave sections, it has an intense atmosphere similar to that of VSC, a challenge also created by Bo. The Golden features a jungle theme, similar to that of El Dorado, and difficulty comes mostly from difficult timings and fast-paced wave gameplay.

The Golden was previously set to surpass Tartarus in difficulty but was heavily nerfed by nSwish on Bo's request, placing at #1 on the Demonlist on 31 May 2020, surpassing Tartarus until 12 September 2020, when the two levels were swapped.

History

Creation

The Golden started as a solo project by Bo. Dissatisfied with an earlier remake of El Dorado known as 'El Dorado Rebirth', Bo decided to create an overall new remake of the level. On 21 April 2019, he uploaded a preview video of the first part of an upcoming Extreme Demon level, showing the first 37%. Afterwards, the full version of the layout was revealed on 2 May 2019. Despite the original plans of being a solo project, the level became a mega-collaboration with numerous creators, including El3cTr0, involved in the project.

The creators involved would later upload a preview of their parts, including Woomy and Eridani.

Verification and placement

Bo initially tried verifying the level, making considerable progress, including 22-71%, 49-97% and 53% before passing the level to Sky Jax, then Dolphy, then finally nSwish. However, Bo would try verifying it again between those players. nSwish became the final official verifier of the level. He verified The Golden on 17 April 2020 after 52,870 attempts. The level was placed at #1 on the Demonlist, dethroning Tartarus and keeping the #1 spot for 105 days before it and Tartarus swapped positions as many skilled players stated that Tartarus was harder.

Gameplay

• 0-14% (El3cTr0 + Gooseam): The level starts with a UFO segment containing quite difficult timings, and the colour palette is mostly dark with a dose of green mixed in. After this, the player transforms into a ball, and the timings continue, as the player must hit orbs precisely. Following this is a brief UFO section with additional timings.
• 14-28% (Geemi + Woom): Next, the level gets a little greener, and the player turns into a ship. This ship segment features extremely tight spaces, and gameplay is enhanced by gravity changes scattered throughout certain areas. Following the ship segment is a brief cube section leading to the drop, where a big black glowing pillar blocks half of the player's vision. This part ends with a title screen of the level.
• 28-50% (El3cTr0): Then, the drop starts. This part consists of a challenging triple-speed wave section containing pillars with tight gaps, requiring nearly impossible timings at high speeds. There are also heaps of gravity portals scattered throughout this section. Additionally, the size of the wave fluctuates occasionally. After a while, the player slows down to double speed as they must spam through a brief but tight corridor, before being thrown into a brief quadruple-speed UFO section with precise timings. Then, the player turns back into a wave at triple speed with a similar gameplay style as before.
• 50-72% (EyeOfTheStorm): After the player passes through the wave sections, they turn into a ship while remaining at triple speed. This section is compact and features many different portals, as well as challenging timings, making it difficult to navigate through. Next is a brief wave section followed by a short but difficult cube section, during which the player must precisely hit three green orbs. Afterwards, a tight dual wave is followed by a tight single wave, before a ball section requiring precise timings to end the drop.
• 72-86% (Bo): After the drop ends, the player must pass a tricky half-speed robot section where the player must spam in some parts and perform timings in the others. Next is a UFO segment that is spam-filled but mostly filled with timings. Following this is a short spider section with difficult timings.
• 86-100% (Eridani + BySelling, End Screen): Following the spider section is a slow ship part with very tight spaces to fly through. This ship section features numerous gravity and size portals that are thrown at the player. After a bit, a very spam-demanding ball appears with many timings. The same principle applies to the UFO section that follows. After the player passes the UFO section, the title of the level appears, displaying a golden city with the level's name at its centre and the creators' names below, as the level concludes.

Walkthrough

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Notable completions

• The Golden took nSwish 52,870 attempts to verify. It is the highest number of attempts he has taken to beat a level.

First 10 victors

Victor #	Player	Date Completed	Total Attempts	Furthest Fail	Video
Verifier	nSwish	17 April 2020	?	?	YouTube
1	swiborg	28 May 2020	40,541	98%	YouTube
2	Sid125	23 June 2020	30,529	94%	YouTube
3	Kurumi	19 August 2020	42,576	96%	YouTube
4	Mycrafted	12 September 2020	?	94%	YouTube
5	DoSh7t	26 November 2020	49,109	92%	YouTube
6	Beastular	30 November 2020	~91,500	96%	YouTube
7	Wolvez	3 December 2020	20,122	?	YouTube
8	Combined	10 December 2020	~31,000	?	YouTube
9	dice88	28 December 2020	43,523	96%	YouTube
10	Seturan	4 January 2021	63,353	90%	YouTube

Trivia

• The password for The Golden is 886988.
• The Golden was rated on 1 May 2020 and placed at #1 on the Demonlist on 31 May 2020, above Tartarus.
  • This addition pushed Crimson Planet out of the Top 5, Belloq into the Extended List, and A2Marbl into the Legacy List.
    • The Golden was a Top 1 for 105 days.
      • On 12 September 2020, The Golden swapped with Tartarus, with Tartarus being at #1 and The Golden being at #2. Many victors around this time had stated that Tartarus was harder; this claim was mainly due to the level having straight-fly segments with fixed hitboxes at 31% and 45%.
• The name of the level comes from the English translation of 'El Dorado', 'The Golden', since The Golden is a remake of El Dorado.
• The order of the verifiers for The Golden is: Bo, SkyJax, Bo again, Dolphy, Bo yet again, and then nSwish, who verified it.
  • lolwut was chosen as a backup verifier in case nSwish dropped the level.
• LmAnubis had a comment thread on the full layout showcase of The Golden, approving it as an official sequel.
• A copy of The Golden, given to nSwish before he buffed it, was privately circulating with players for a while, with a 'no detail' copy appearing on the servers shortly after it started circulating. This copy infamously fell into the hands of Breeze, who used it for a joke 'verification' video of the level. ToshDeluxe also used it for his April Fools 2020 video.
• lolwut created a fan-sequel layout named Athens.
• swiborg once decided to rebeat The Golden and managed to do so in one attempt.
• swiborg allegedly verified the unnerfed version on 19 December 2021, claiming that he forgot to record.
• spaceuk supposedly beat The Golden as his fifth Demon, after DeCode, Windy Landscape, Leyak and Wasureta, until he got exposed as a hacker on 25 April 2023.
  • Despite this, spaceuk rebeat The Golden legitimately on 6 May 2023.
• stillsouless fluked The Golden from 40%, making it the biggest fluke on the level.
• Sid125 beat The Golden three times in a row in the GD World Tournament.
• Bo and PockeWindFish (originally Woomy, Kyhro and El3cTr0) officially hosted a level as the 'antagonist' to The Golden called Avernus. It was verified by Zoink on 22 March 2023.
• The Golden is part of the player-made 'New RGB trilogy', along with Tartarus and Sonic Wave Infinity.
• The Golden was temporarily updated to complain about a creator's release schedule in December 2023.^{[citation needed]}
• A multitude of levels were created as an inspiration from The Golden.
  • PockeWindfish created Avernus, which is an antagonist to The Golden. It was a former Top 1 reigning since 16 October 2023 to 18 February 2024.
    • PockeWindfish also created Tethys, the third level of The Golden series, and simultaneously the sequel to Avernus.
  • Mist created Amethyst, the current hardest Demon in the game.
• The Golden is the 33rd Top 1 in the game's history.
• The movement of Coalescene on 25 December 2024 pushed The Golden out of the Top 50 of the Demonlist.
  • The movement of Natural Disaster on 27 December 2024 pushed The Golden back into the Top 50 of the Demonlist.
    • The placement of BEELINE on 5 January 2025 pushed The Golden out of the Top 50 of the Demonlist for the second time.