The Level(s) That Dethroned Tartarus 

Edit 4/26/23: I didn't think this video could become outdated like my others but let's just ignore the Slaughterhouse part of this vid LMAO. For those who haven't heard yet, SpaceUK got exposed for botting basically everything, including Slaughterhouse's verification, and Doggie wouldn't beat it until months later. Two levels I could have included as well are Graceful and Crystal Edge. In Graceful's case, it was considered around Zodiac difficulty up until very recently, when I was already in the editing process for this video, and as for Crystal Edge, I haven't heard many opinions on it to ensure whether it is actually harder or not (and i kinda forgot that level existed sorry lol). Neither of these levels are rated and they don't seem to have any signs they will be rated any time soon, however, so the video's timeline is ultimately unaffected and they would have both played a similar role to Diabolic Clubstep in this video (both being verified shortly after oblivion and staying unrated).

good video, and technically, i still verified a "top 1" since arcturus is harder than oblivion...

I think my favourite part about Oblivion, Hard Machine and Arcturus is that we can all say we verified the hardest demon in our own way. Oblivion was the first to be verified, Hard Machine was the first to get rated, and Arcturus is the hardest. I can't really say the same for Diabolic Clubstep though :(

no crystal edge sadge

Basing off the new Tartarus move down, Oblivion, Arcturus, Firework, Diabolic Clubstep, Sonic Wave Infinity, Hard Machine, Graceful and (kinda?) VSC could all have dethroned Tartarus but it was undeservingly slaughterhouse

Sonic wave infinity is now ranked above Tartarus lol

awesome video, provides a ton of insight into the whole timeline. i love the infographic at the end btw its cool to look at

Very good video! You are definitely underrated and I hope that this video will break the algorithm soon because you deserve it!

amazing video, the background music especially shines to me

loving these docu style videos good job septa

i'm glad you've made another documentary these videos are awesome

Great doc much love to you and knali yall did an amazing job

sick video bro :D also yeah i do plan on rebeating unnerfed TG once I get my verifications out of the way

2:22 nswish def made his mark

I'm pretty sure hard machine was created originally to push the difficulty when ICDX was the hardest level, so does it make the level the most ambitious level in the game?

"with one of the best players in the game, spaceuk"

7:39 this is so cursed to look at

Great video documentary good job Septa

Your documentaries are top tier, Good job Septa

I remember thinking Tartarus was the peak of difficulty lmfao crazy to see how much has changed

9:22 I actually documented this on my channel with some crappy footage, people thought I was crazy or that it was fake. Glad that you knew of its existence.

amazing documentary gege. i would recommend getting a new mic because that would be good for long commentary videos like this

So interesting, I never thought that Tartarus have so much impact in the game. As always,nice vídeo Septa :)

Really interesting vid

Firework was the TRUE top one. It was only there for 18 seconds

Great video

brooo I was actually going to make a video on this exact topic whyyy. really good vid tho :)

Oh yeah, the level that lasted from being in kindergarten to college. Man it was exciting to see which level would actually dethrone Tartarus, and seeing that TWO levels were enough to dethrone it (with Slaughterhouse being the one to officially dethrone Tartarus, which is fitting). And the amount of misjudged and unrated levels that ended up harder than tartarus was actually outrageous

a new septa video? voiced by septa himself??? count me in :D

Personally I think the demon list should stop caring about rates, like still having quality standards but not having to wait for Rob to rate so demons that don’t get rated can become top 1

Tartarus, The barrier between silent and extreme levels.

It’s so fucking stupid that people thought VSC deserved a rate. Challenges should not be rated no exceptions.

Very good video, good job !

the swi thing was really dissapointing, the level had basically no identity other than being sonic wave 2 so it shouldve been sonic wave 2 but xanii wanted to make it "more enjoyable" (it isn't)

Your videos are sooo good. Maybe get a better mic though? That would be the cherry on top 😃

Sweet video...

We need a sequel to the hardest level in Geometry Dash video

I feel bad for Sevant, wish Diabolic Clubstep was rated, it is a cool demon, it was top 1, and Sevant is just in general one of the nicest top players I have ever met honestly.

Good video

Very coool

damn today is a great day for content

Great video although the timeline was very confusing i kinda wish it was more clear.

I actually verified the golden unnerfed, it’s far back on my channel but I doubt it will be buffed again

What about Graceful? It could technically be considered a top 1 candidate in the same vein as Diabolic Clubstep. It was verified in July 2021, but to my knowledge the ILL/ULL considered it easier than Tartarus for some time. Today, though, it seems the ULL places it higher than Tartarus, meaning it could have technically (excluding Oblivion) been the hardest at some point. This is one of my favorite GD documentaries, though. Could also be interesting to look at other situations, like the levels that could technically have dethroned Bloodbath (e.g. WcropoliX never being rated, KrmaL's Phobos now being considered harder on HRR) or Bloodlust (e.g. Lucid Nightmares being considered harder now, Thinking Space being beaten around the same time as Zodiac, Death Corridor Z never being rated).

Just realised vsc was verified in my birthday

Really well made video! Also maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't Graceful also be mentioned? It was verified less than a month after Oblivion and afaik it's considered harder than Tartarus on udl

i think it should be considered either oblivion or slaughterhouse, for me I'd say oblivion because it seems unfair to exclude a level from dethroning a top 1 just because it wasnt rated until much later

This is the history...

Holy shit nice

now to this dat tartarus is nearly out of the top 20

8:33 oh my god i can't fucking react otherwise they'll know I'm a hacker

This video definetly needs an updated version, mostly because of the fact SWI got moved above tartarus and the one who we do not say his name

I verified the golden let’s go.

This is the definition of a GD documentary. Amazing work!

Good video but because you talked about challenges, what about the third variant by Skoe ?

this video sounds like a cartier'god song

😳 I helped you make this... A little

😅

Poor oblivion 😓

3:29 So the guy that apparently verified the unnerfed version was a hacker?

Great video, however the radio-style voice edit is unbearable so I had to use subtitles with no sound

I said space uk had no significant achievements and a million people said he dethroned tartarus even though that is barely the case

tar tar sauce

TrusTartarus

What about Graceful?

And what is with acheron?

i kept telling people (my friends and more) arcturus was harder than tartarus and nobody belived me, in the end i was correct

I remember trying to convince the two gd players I know IRL that Dice88 was the best player at the time but they wouldn't hear it (This was before space, nswish was still #1). I still believe that, for a period, dice was the best GD player.

Why Robert topala is not rating hard levels

Wait, dovi hacked unnerfed the golden? Oh shit, i had the hope this will have been actually legit verified...

The undeniable one is oblivion but unless it changes swi is currently the one

Arctic lights should have been mentionned, it was literally verified BEFORE tartarus, and yet it ended up being placed below it, but eventually on May 27th it was finally moved to it's Number 1 spot, even above Slaughterhouse and Oblivion that are considered the levels to have dethroned Tartarus. I think that's an L video. /s

It’s now top 14

tordorous

Not that anybody asked, but The Hallucination is probably not included because it was rated/verified and placed on the list way after Tartarus was dethroned even from the top 5.

Wouldn't silent clubstep have technically dethroned Tartarus as it was "verified" earlier, just took a long time for first legit victor

I have tartarus behind my teeth

what happened to bro's mic

Elllo

Hey septa, can you put a link in the description to the timeline at the end? 16:00

why didnt you mention gracefyul? Still unrated and estimated above Tartarus

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Have you considered getting a new microphone?

Fun fact: i actually jumped from acropolis to tartarus then wasureta and those are my only demons im trying to get a 19-100 on the golden and hard machine

Firework is considered a former top 1 since slaughter house was hacked

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SILENT AKBAR

5:10 PLAYABLE IS A GOD DAMN STRETCH

septa's videos are godtier

guys look its spaceuk

Well, The race to dethrone Tartarus isn’t over yet. Sonic Wave Infinity or Trueffet could maybe move above Tartarus or Oblivion or Hard Machine or Arcturus could get moved down. The demon list will always be inaccurate.

Sakupen Circles left the chat

I fucking called it and no one believed me

ew crazen

is there any proof of dovi hacking unnerfed the golden? he even linked the raw footage but with quite clicks

But everyone knows Tartarus was never top 1 😈

second

In my opinion, the golden was the first to dethrone tartarus. Opinions change, decode used to be really hard, then we got good at wave. The Golden was the first level to dethrone Tartarus, even if it eventually got switched.

when the hacker

damn this is so outdated