Bloodlust

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## Bloodlust

### Creator(s)

Manix648 (host), Quasar, Panman, Namtar, Nikrodox, Havok, Wabbit, Rustam, Minesap, Xaro, Terron, Willy5000, and TMNGaming

Verifier: Knobbelboy

Publisher: Knobbelboy

### Pointercrate Ranking

44

 Your thirst for blood continues? Very well, let the blood spill. Let the demons feed off your unfortunate soul...
 — Knobbelboy

****Bloodlust**** (commonly stylized as **BloodLust** or shortened to **BL**) is a 2.0/2.1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Manix648 and verified and published by Knobbelboy. It is an extremely difficult buffed and redecorated remake of Bloodbath. It is known for its great effects and designs, as well as its extremely difficult sections and parts.

## History

Bloodlust was started shortly after Sonic Wave Infinity was started by Riot, whereas Manix648 inspired the idea of creating a 2.0 remake of Bloodbath, just as Riot created a 2.0 remake of Sonic Wave. On March 28, 2016, Manix648 released the first official preview of Bloodlust, showcasing part of the Bloodbath-inspired gameplay.

A week later on April 6, 2016, Manix released a second preview, showing more gameplay and an extremely difficult swing-copter section by Hinds's part in Yatagarasu. Manix also mentioned that the level already reached 69,000 objects, indicating that Bloodlust would be one of the most object-heavy levels in *Geometry Dash* history.

On April 15, 2016, Quasar, one of the creators of Bloodlust, released another preview of Bloodlust, buffing some of the parts and showing some of the gameplay.

About two weeks later on April 30, 2016, Manix648 released a showcase of the ending animation Manix himself made, with the Blood Moon from *Terraria* in the background.

Almost a month later on May 6, 2016, Quasar released his second preview of Bloodlust, showcasing more of the gameplay. He noted that this level was currently almost as hard as Yatagarasu.

On May 24, 2016, Bloodlust was almost finished and Quasar started practicing the level. He explained in a video that he had finals, advanced placement exams, and his hand severely hurt due to playing too much Geometry Dash, which resulted in him consistently taking breaks from the game. This stress took a lot of toll on him and eventually, on August 16, 2016, Quasar officially quit Geometry Dash due to all the stress.

After Quasar quit Bloodlust, Manix648 looked for a new verifier and chose Knobbelboy, a talented Holland player and creator, known for creating levels with great effects and gameplay such as Dark Rainbow Rebirth and Crying Souls. However, many doubted Knobbelboy could verify this because the hardest level he had recently beaten was Bloodbath, which had an enormous gap in terms of difficulty in comparison to Bloodlust. However, Knobbelboy proved many people wrong when Knobbelboy got a record of 65-92% within a week, which was extremely quick progress and an amazing achievement for a player who had only recently beaten Bloodbath.

Knobbelboy got a bit sidetracked after that, due to working on several more projects such as his part for Fusion Z, his part for Subterranean Animism, and beating Athanatos. This meant he would be taking a break from Bloodlust, and he would continue his progress in 2017.

After Knobbelboy verified Artificial Ideology, an extreme demon by Team N2, Knobbelboy continued to practice Bloodlust in March 2017, getting a record of 68%, making it to the extension. However, Knobbelboy was sidetracked once again, working on another big project - God Eater. Even though his first preview of God Eater didn't receive many views, his second preview exploded into popularity, shocking the community by its amazing designs and art and even caused the community to consider it as the "Best GD Level".

After the God Eater controversy, Knobbelboy continued to practice Bloodlust, getting a record of 18-85%, an amazing achievement that shocked the community and gained him more support. Knobbelboy then took a break from Bloodlust and got a record of 76% approximately two months after the 18-85% run.

Five days after the new record of 76%, Knobbelboy got the worst fail in *Geometry Dash* history - Bloodlust 98%. This completely demoralized Knobbelboy and he then got a record of 97% and then 98% again. This further demoralized him, but the community continued to support him. However, some people thought Knobbelboy was taking too long to verify Bloodlust and wanted a new verifier.

On February 8, 2018, a player known as Crazen started practicing Bloodlust, completing the extension 67-100% quickly. Many players started wondering why he was practicing Bloodlust.

The next day, Crazen achieved 52% on his own Low Detail Mode version of Bloodlust. But he also revealed to as why he was practicing Bloodlust, claiming that Knobbelboy was taking too long to verify Bloodlust and he would verify his own copy himself. He defended himself by saying that Knobbelboy stole Fusion Z from Manix648 and now he would steal Bloodlust from Knobbelboy as payback for stealing Fusion Z. This divided the community into two sides - Knobbelboy fans who disagreed with Crazen attempting to steal the level and another side - Crazen fans who agreed that Knobbelboy was taking too long and he should be replaced with Crazen.

Eventually, Crazen apologized to Knobbelboy for the whole incident and quit Bloodlust, leaving Knobbelboy to verify the level. Even though some still wanted Crazen to verify, on February 20, 2018, after nearly 2 years of drama and turmoil, Knobbelboy finally verified Bloodlust after 121,296 attempts, the most attempts spent on a single level by a player (except for some glitches and meaningless attempts). Several players started practicing Bloodlust after it was verified, including Sunix and Crazen, who continued practicing after Knobbelboy verified the level.

## Gameplay

***Note: Keep in mind that the gameplay is highly based on Bloodbath, due to being a remake of it.***

* **0-3%** **(Manix648):** The level starts with a mini ship sequence that requires extreme straight flying due to several black "diamonds" blocking the way. The background shows the Blood Moon from *Terraria* saying "Welcome back... To Hell. Prepare to DIE."
* **3-9% (Weoweoteo/Manix648):** Afterwards, the level starts similar to the original Bloodbath. A Low Detail Mode key is available to collect because the level uses an enormous amount of objects. At the top, the player can see Manix648's and Knobbelboy's nicknames. After the player exits the tight tunnel, a "DIE!!" message is shown. The first straight fly ship sequence from Bloodbath is replaced with a very difficult triple speed mini wave segment. The rest of Weoweoteo's part still remains similar to Bloodbath but buffed.
* **10-19% (Vermillion/Panman):** Vermillion's part was replaced by original gameplay because Manix did not like the deco and Knobbelboy did not like the gameplay. The new part is generally harder than Vermillion's original part due to tricky timings and orb timings. Before Michigun's part starts, a big "Bloodlust" text is shown.
* **19-25% (Michigun):** In Michigun's remade part, there are moving triggers, which requires the player to be more precise. Also, the background briefly flashes black from a darkness effect. Here, the paths are a bit tighter and the hanging spikes in the ball section have been replaced with gigantic moving spikes. The wave part also includes slightly tighter spikes and slightly different gameplay.
* **25-30% (Evasium):** In Evasium's remade part, the part remains mostly the same except for the darkness effect, which makes it harder for the player to see the spikes and obstacles.
* **31-38%(Crack/Namtar):** Crack's redesigned part was remade by Namtar, which makes it significantly harder to enter the "tunnels" due to several more obstacles and significantly tighter spaces. The break at the cube section before ASonicMen's part remains mostly the same.
* **39-48%(ASonicMen):** ASonicMen's remade part has been mostly changed visually, reducing the number of sawblades and replacing them with walls and spikes. The subsequent ball part was replaced with a ship sequence and UFO part involving diagonal flying and tight spaces. The last part before the auto cube section has been replaced with an extremely hard, but fairly short, half-speed swing-copter segment. The auto cube section shows a "monster" with the text "It is here... Prepare..."
* **48-54% (Etzer):** Etzer's remade part remains mostly similar except the "Keep going" text at the bottom with some buffs to the ship sequence, constant gravity changes making it significantly harder. The UFO section at the beginning is slightly harder due to tighter spaces and more gravity changes.
* **54-59% (Havok):** Havok's remade part is remade in terms of gameplay and visual effects. The ball section is even harder due to tricky timings and more orbs. It then transitions into a mini UFO section with extremely tight spaces, which requires extremely precise timing. The wave section after that is also buffed, with one-block wave spaces including gravity changes, making it even harder.
* **59-62% (Giron):** Giron's remade part is significantly harder, due to "darkness effects" limiting the vision of the player and slightly tighter spaces in the ship section. The brief dual cube segment mostly remains the same.
* **62-66% (Ggb0y/Wabbit):** Ggb0y's remade part is mostly the same, except for the decorations, which makes it harder to see for the player. Also, the player will have to use the Michigun route (jumping over the "GG" blocks instead of dropping down) or the player will instead fall into the spikes below in the original route. Next to the "GG" blocks, the text "Or not" will appear.
* **66-72% (Nikrodox/Minesap):** The extension part begins with the "monster" shown at Michigun's part "carrying" the player with the text "It is not over..." After this, the player enters a triple speed ship sequence with gravity changes as well as a difficult robot segment.
* **72-77% (Xaro):** Afterwards, a normal speed wave segment will appear in which the player must successfully pass through tight passages. The level continues with a difficult UFO segment with numerous jump rings and a ball segment which requires extreme precision. The player passes through a lot of very difficult segments with various portals and changes.
* **77-94% (Terron):** The next part is a tight tunnel with numerous little spikes and changes. Here, the player must watch out for portals that constantly change the player's gravity and forms. After this a difficult cube section appears with a lot of jump rings, a short ship sequence, and some gravity and size changes, then the player turns into a mini-wave, continuing as a ship sequence which requires straight flying. Here, more form and gravity changes appear, making the whole section extremely difficult.
* **94-100% (TMN Gaming):** Close to the end, the segments stop and the player slows down, with the "monster" to the left of the background. The player turns into various forms moving with the half speed. While it's slower, it requires extremely good timing and a lot of skill. After the segment ends, the background shows up the sky with a giant blood moon showing the "Bloodlust" text. There is also a triple spike that emerges as the player approaches it as the final obstacle of the level. When the player crosses the finish line and the level ends, the "Decoration: Manix", “LDM: Joshuawall” and "Verification: Knobbelboy" text will appear along with the creators, art designers, and Manix’s dedications‘ names.

## Walkthrough

* Bloodlust Walkthrough
* Bloodlust Documentary

## Trivia

* Knobbelboy spent over 120,000 attempts on this level, which is the most attempts spent on a verification (excluding glitches or meaningless attempts by other players).
* Some players think other skilled players like Sunix or Combined should have been the verifier of the level, due to them making progress much more quickly then Knobbelboy did as the verifiers.
* The Blood Moon at the beginning of the level and at the end of the level is from *Terraria*.
* The red star that is found occasionally in the level is inspired by Death Moon, which was used in several other levels such as Yatagarasu, Reanimation, and Blood Sacrifice.
* The Korean Community calls this level "The Curse of the Red Moon".
* The wave section at Weoweoteo's remade part is inspired by Sakupen Hell.
* There was a conflict in March 2018, which was a debate about whether Bloodlust or Plasma Pulse Finale was harder than the other, causing several players to take sides and send hate and spread false rumors to each other.
* The password for this level is the number of attempts that it took Knobbelboy to beat.
* As an April Fools 2018 joke, RobTop officially placed Bloodlust as a Weekly Demon.
	+ This caused Bloodlust to be the first Extreme Demon to be a Weekly Demon.
	+ Hotball1 unexpectedly re-beat the level in 59 attempts on that day via the Weekly Demon.
	+ Due to a glitch on GDProfiles, the level shows up rather than Lanthanium as Weekly Demon #20.
* If you attempt to fly over the first upside down spike at the beginning of the level, you will not only die but the word "Rautesieni" will also appear, followed by two hearts at the right of the word.
* At 25% in Bloodlust, when you enter Evasium's part, you can see the word "Swag", referencing to the words Riot said when he entered Evasium's part in the Bloodbath verification video.
	+ However, many players believe he is saying "Quack" rather than "Swag".
* If you jump at the final spike section twice, the words "Noice <3" will appear above the final triple spikes.

## Gallery

The level menu of Bloodlust which was quickly rated epic and grossing over 100,000 downloads within a week.The ending of Bloodlust, designed by Manix648.The level being placed as a one-day Weekly Demon on April 1, 2018.The word "Rautesieni" appearing after you die attempting to fly over the first upside-down spike.The word "Swag" upon entering Evasium's remade part, referring to the word Riot said during the verification of Bloodbath.The words "Noice <3" appearing over the final spikes.
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