Citadel of Simple Beginnings

## Overview

**Citadel of Simple Beginnings (CoSB)** was an  Easy difficulty Citadel previously located within Ring 1. This citadel was completed very often by many players due to it being the easiest citadel in the game at the time. Completing this should be an absolute breeze as it's nothing but large platforms, short jumps and simple client objects. Pay attention though, it may teach you some mechanics you didn't know before!

There are some notable parts of this citadel. Firstly, the wacky frame floor that sticks off of the main citadel. This floor is also where the citadel crossing takes place. You may also notice the dropper and special mechanics utilized on floor 8. You can also see that the theme changes to a more nature-based aesthetic toward the top.

This citadel would've been attempted as soon as you entered Ring 1, though it was a bit tough for the average tutorial tower.

## Secret Ending

* Step 1
* Step 2
* Step 3
* Step 4

Firstly, you must obtain a button. This button can be found within the Citadel of Flower Ascension citadel crossing section. You must go behind the large hill and through a cancollide false portion of the wall in order to obtain the button.

Continue normally until you reach floor 6. Press the button that covers floor 5b and then jump down to where you first entered 5b. Corner clip on the truss and continue inside. Walk over to where you pushed the pushbox over the edge and there should be a hole to jump into.

Now that you're back in the lobby, you must reach the area intended for Trial of Patience. To do this, climb on the portal to **Citadel of Simple Beginnings** and hit a hidden button on one of the hints. Then, climb the hill to the left of spawn until you see a massive hole in the ground. Jump down and enter the portal, which will take you to the top of **CoSB**.

For the final step, simply climb the newfound ladder found at the top of the citadel. This should take you down to the beginning of **Citadel of Simple Beginnings: Secret Ending**.

The secret ending to this citadel is extremely harsh and difficult, but is mostly forgiving. Falling will send you back to the beginning of a given section. The ending will not be spoiled here, but know that it's around Low-Mid  Insane difficulty, and appears as such in the chat upon completion. It's worth noting that this ending may take a very long time to complete.

## History

* Originally, the entrance back into floor 5b was a flatwall clip. Now, it's a truss corner clip instead.
* When the ending was first implemented, there were killbricks instead of teleporters when you fell. This led to the difficulty being somewhere more around  Extreme difficulty.
* There used to be a softlock where a button would not get deactivated in the first area, meaning if you fell you would get stuck.
* The Citadel of Flower Ascension button was not originally part of the sequence to find the ending, but was added in to make it more difficult to find.

## Trivia

* This citadel was been revamped twice, making this citadel as refined as possible.
	+ The first revamp was a complete overhaul, changing the entire citadel.
	+ The second revamp was a more simple one, introducing the citadel crossing and what is now floor 3, as well as some other mechanics not explained in the other versions.
* A nature theme is taken on around floor 10 and is used for the rest of the citadel.
* You can skip almost all of floor 9 by simply jumping from the entrance from the dropper to an exposed platform.
* This citadel has it's own special hint, which simply says "TUTORIAL".
* This citadel currently has the most wins in the game.
* This is the only citadel with a secret ending of any kind.
	+ This also makes it the only citadel to have 2 winpads.
* The reason the gradient is completely off is because it's based on the original colors.
* Originally, this citadel did not have enough floors to qualify as a citadel, and was much lower in quality than it is now. This ultimately led to the revamp.
* Floor 1 and Floor 9 are the exact same color.

## Gallery

The oldest version of CoSB.CoSB's portal.CoSB on the difficulty chart.CoSB's badge.The end of CoSB:SE. This can be seen anywhere in Ring 1.