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xo is a 2.1 Extreme Demon level created, published, and verified by KrmaL. The level contains no decoration, instead utilizing basic blocks and the pulse trigger as well as a monochromatic color scheme. Its song, "XO" by Irish singer EDEN and covered by Aaron Musselwhite, is notorious for the iconic line "She's in love with the concept".

The level remains controversial due to its rate status, which put the game's rating system into question for many players.

Gameplay

• 0-10%: The level starts the player off as a mini cube with four mini spike jumps, with each jump adding another spike before launching the player via a jump pad. There is a choke point around 3%, where the player has to make a precise dash orb timing.
• 10-20%: This part of the level contains cube and ship-based gameplay, with straight fly around 13-14%.
• 20-33%: The level's first drop initially throws the player into mini wave gameplay, with UFO gameplay around 24%, ball gameplay around 26%, cube gameplay around 28%, and ship gameplay around 30%, which has the player navigate a structure that resembles the level's name after going through a duel portal around the end.
• 33-41%: The player is upsized and has to navigate blue orb timings, which pulse either an X or an O when clicked on.
• 41-50%: The player is first thrown into the second verse of the song, with a tight wave section around 44-45%.
• 50-56%: The player is thrown into ball gameplay, with a ship section around 54%.
• 56-62%: The player turns back into a mini cube and has to navigate a narrow corridor containing spike jumps and orb timings.
• 62-80%: The second drop initially throws the player into normal-sized wave gameplay, with ball gameplay around 67%, UFO gameplay around 69%, robot gameplay around 71%, ship gameplay around 73%, and finally cube gameplay around 74% containing pink orb spam.
• 80-91%: Ditto to 33-41% except the pulses are larger.
• 91-100%: The level ends with the player navigating messy slope structures, with an auto gravity portal section at the end.

Trivia

• xo was initially placed at #31 on the Demonlist on 15 January 2020, above Celestial Force and below ZAPHKIEL.
  • This addition pushed Violently X into the legacy list.
  • Canadian player Leslie was the level's first victor, completing the level four days after the level initially got verified.
  • On 25 July, 2023, the level was pushed into the legacy list by the level Coral Cave by Awesome360.
• The original version of the level's song by Irish singer EDEN has over 230 million streams on Spotify, making it his most popular song.
• The Aaron Musselwhite cover currently has over 3 million views on YouTube, with him acknowledging the level's existence both in a pinned comment and a reply to KrmaL's comment on the video.
• On 29 April 2022, the level's song got removed from Newgrounds. However, on 8 March 2024, the song became usable again.
• There's a Minecraft recreation of the level on YouTube by Nasgubb, although it was not made in the editor.
  • There is also a tutorial for how he made the video which Robtop commented on.
• A secret way was found around 67% by UFokinWotM8.
• The level contains 37,838 objects.
  • This is more than his other level Black Blizzard despite it having no decoration, which only has 29,089 objects.
• The level is 2 minutes and 40 seconds long.
• The level's password is 000007.

Video

File:Geometry Dash - xo Verified (Live)

xo verification video (credit to KrmaL)