The Historyof Bloodbath

That is the shortest version of Bloodbath history. It is also why the level still feels different from a normal old Demon. Bloodbath was not only difficult. It had tension. It had a failed ending. It had a comeback. Then it had silence.

Today, Bloodbath is no longer the hardest level in Geometry Dash. It has been surpassed many times. But difficulty alone is not why people remember it. People remember the story.

Before Bloodbath became Bloodbath, there was another project: Silent Akbar. It was later renamed Tartarus, and it was connected to Cyclic and Aurorus. The idea was ambitious, but the difficulty became unrealistic for the time. The project stalled.

Bloodbath came from that same old-generation hunger: make something darker, harder, and more memorable than what came before. The first preview appeared on June 2, 2015. A fuller preview followed on July 6, 2015. By then, the community understood that Riot was not just building another hard level. He was building a statement.

Bloodbath was a mega-collaboration hosted, verified, and published by Riot. That format mattered. The level did not have one authorial voice. It had a line of creators, each leaving a mark on the route.

The soundtrack was At the Speed of Light by Dimrain47. Over time, that song became inseparable from Bloodbath. Hearing the opening seconds still pulls many players back to the old Demonlist era.

For a gameplay-focused route through those creator sections, see the Bloodbath Parts breakdown.

The progress did not arrive all at once. On June 26, Riot reached 48%. On July 13, he reached 58%. On August 3, he reached 65%. On August 6, he reached 90%.

Two days later, he reached 94%. Then the run ended.

Riot came back four days later. On August 12, 2015, after more than 25,000 attempts, Bloodbath was verified. The cited archive records the date, total and preceding 94% fail.

Verification did not open the floodgates. It closed them.

Nobody beat Bloodbath for seven months.

Quasar began showing progress in February 2016. Surv also made a late run that the archive records as reaching 96%. The race became its own story, and Quasar kept going.

In March 2016, Quasar became the first documented victor. Source records disagree on the exact calendar day, but the important part is clear: Bloodbath could be beaten by someone other than Riot. It had taken roughly seven months to prove it.

Bloodbath entered the Demonlist as the level to beat. It was the top of the old world: red, brutal, long, intimidating, and famous enough that even players who could not dream of clearing it knew the name.

Bloodbath reshaped what an Extreme Demon could feel like. It was not just a difficulty contest. It was a spectacle, a benchmark, and a warning: the community was ready to push much further.

On August 14, 2016, Sakupen Hell replaced Bloodbath at #1. The throne was gone, and the level's list status changed over the following years. For changing position and record requirements, use the live Demonlist rather than this historical account.

Bloodbath later moved into historical-list territory. The level that once looked impossible had become history, while its current placement remains a live-list question.

Bloodbath still matters because it is more than a ranking. Its verification, first-victor race and collaboration format continue to make it a reference point in community discussion.

Its legacy also continued through Bloodlust, the harder remake verified by knobbelboy after 121,296 attempts. Bloodlust made the lineage explicit: Cataclysm, Bloodbath, Bloodlust. A family of red nightmares, each one trying to outgrow the last.

Want to try the original? Start with How To Beat Bloodbath, then return to the level when the story turns into your own run.

The verification date, attempt total and Quasar's first-victor date in this guide are checked against the Geometry Dash Wiki's Bloodbath history and its linked archival material. Community histories can be corrected as new primary evidence appears; use the contact page to report a source or correction.

For a changing list position or record requirement, use the live Pointercrate Demonlist rather than treating a historical paragraph as a live ranking.