Forged In Darkest Abyss

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Forged In Darkest Abyss is the song in the 9th iteration in NOISZ STΔRLIVHT's Forge of Antiphon gamemode; it can only be played if the player has obtained the Heart of the Challenger Module.

## Level Gimmicks

This song is the debut of void bullets in NOISZ STΔRLIVHT. Void bullets are black and white bullets that, on contact, deal enough damage to instantly kill you. You cannot RS-DASH through void bullets.

When you Game Over, you have the option to “Challenge Fate”, which will let you retry the song for the cost of 100 V-COINZ or 25 PW if you don’t have enough V-COINZ. You are allowed to retry the song as many times as you can, as long as you can afford it. The the other option is to “Give up for now”, which will take you to the results screen, failing the song. There is also “Manipulate Fate” and “Beg for mercy”. However, they’re only visual.

The chart for this song also includes a variety of patterns inspired by multiVerse. One of which is a snaking trail of void bullets, often referred to as "void snake." Another is a pinwheel of lasers that flash on and off while bullets fly towards you. The pattern featured in multiVerse's outro appears throughout the song. Other shared patterns are: pairs of lasers that switch sides and close in, a wave of kunai bullets close in time to said lasers, and toward Forged In Darkest Abyss' end, inching bullets and lasers that target your current horizontal position.

There are also occasional times when the bullet field darkens, (slightly different from when your whole screen blackens) where only a certain area around your character can be seen.

The Overload difficulty chart contains down-slides, which are exclusive to this song on Overload.

## Strategies

A defensive build is more likely to get you through the song, but that comes at the cost of having a powerful offensive build after clearing it.

Prioritize avoiding the void bullets, as they’re your biggest threat, but don’t completely neglect the regular bullets and notes. The damage will add up, so stay alert.

Be mindful that even though the song is only 1 Verse long, Opening Act does not work on this song.

## Trivia

* This song has the highest difficulty ratings in NOISZ STΔRLIVHT on all difficulties (7 for Easy, 10 for Normal, 11.5 for Hard, and 13.5 for Overload).
* This song introduced Void bullets/lasers to NOISZ STΔRLIVHT and is currently the only song that features them.
* When Forge of Antiphon was released, Forged In Darkest Abyss did not award regular HZ on any difficulty. This was an oversight by the developers.
	+ However, this was fixed in version 2.220.
* The "Game Over" screen for Forged In Darkest Abyss strongly resembles the "Game Over" screen in NOISZ.
	+ The "Manipulate Fate" and "Beg for mercy" options are not usable here, but they are selectable options on NOISZ's "Game Over" screen.
	+ V-COINZ being used to Challenge Fate also references the fact that COINZ can be used to Challenge Fate in NOISZ during Story Mode.
* Forged In Darkest Abyss is the only song in which it is possible to obtain a combo of over 1000 (on the Hard and Overload difficulties).
* This song is the only one in NOISZ STΔRLIVHT to contain only one Verse.
* The warning signs during the song's chorus originally had hitboxes and could deal damage. This was a result of the fact that the only warning sign objects that could be moved were also the ones with hitboxes seen in Images.
	+ The warning signs' hitboxes were removed in version 2.231.
* Forged In Darkest Abyss has the same BPM as the NOISZ episode G song ⠀.
	+ In addition, both share the same boss character.

## Official Sound

* Bandcamp
* SoundCloud

## References

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/626529477865766933/846438516115636254/1092659580695236658