Editing The Golden (section)

==Trivia== 
*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 is regarded as the 36th instance of the hardest rated level in the game's history.
***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 stated that Tartarus was harder; it was mainly due to the level's straight-fly segments with fixed hitboxes at 31% and 45%.
****The Golden lasted as a Top 1 level for 105 days.
*The name of the level comes from the English translation of 'El Dorado', 'The Golden', since The Golden is a remake of El Dorado.
**[[LmAnubis]] had a comment thread on the full layout showcase of The Golden, approving it as an official sequel.<ref name="LmAnubis" />
*The Golden is part of the player-made 'New RGB trilogy', along with Tartarus and [[Sonic Wave Infinity]].
**The Golden is also part of the player-made 'GRP trilogy', along with [[Avernus]] and [[Amethyst]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNmJEyDItc</ref>
*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.
*A copy of The Golden, given to nSwish before they 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.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdYTtJhzLfk</ref> [[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 of The Golden on 19 December 2021, claiming that he forgot to record.
**klimk verified ItzDoVi's buffed unnerfed version of The Golden on 14 December 2025 after ItzDoVi had hack-verified it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuZmhSeZ6A</ref>
**Nkontion officially verified the unnerfed version of The Golden on 4 September 2026.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfIy-LRaeOc</ref>
*[[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. 
**spaceuk rebeat The Golden legitimately on 6 May 2023.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDsfM3jU2Q</ref>
*stillsouless fluked The Golden from 40%, making it the biggest fluke on the level.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YKLJcolFLM</ref>
*Sid125 beat The Golden three times in a row in the ''GD World Tournament''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6dUBlA38_4</ref>
*Bo and PockeWindFish (originally Woomy, Kyhro, and El3cTr0) officially hosted a level as the 'antagonist' to The Golden called Avernus.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZfUhk-G0qY&</ref> It was verified by [[Zoink]] on 22 March 2023.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Zh8jssanc</ref>
*The Golden was temporarily updated to complain about a creator's release schedule in December 2023.{{Verify}}
*A multitude of levels were created as an inspiration from The Golden.
**PockeWindfish created Avernus, which is an antagonist to The Golden.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO-OX4c8aWA</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXRT9hlDGWE</ref>
**Mist created Amethyst, a crystal cave-themed level and a former Top 1.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTEERDj1i5Y</ref>
*The placement of CHIL on 26 December 2025 pushed The Golden into the Extended List of the Demonlist, making it the first level of the New RGB Trilogy to fall into the Extended List.
**The placement of Master of Puppets on 17 June 2026 pushed The Golden out of the Top 100.