Geometry Dash Wiki
Advertisement
Geometry Dash Wiki
Easy
Work in progress!
This article is currently undergoing development and in the process of receiving additional information. You can edit it to achieve a higher standard.
UserLevels

A screenshot of Sonar, a classic user level from Update 1.9

UserLevelsPlatformer

A screenshot of Enjoying The Sun, a platformer user level from Update 2.2

User Levels are unofficial Geometry Dash levels created by players using the editor. Players have the ability to like or dislike other users' levels, suggest a star difficulty, compare scores with other players on each level's leaderboard, and comment on them (if the player has a registered account). A copying feature is also available which allows players to save a copy of an online level and edit it in the level editor. Prior to Update 2.201, players had the ability to block levels from being copied and secure them with passwords; these restrictions were not removed from levels that had already been uploaded with them.

Levels have the ability to receive rates, depending on the level's difficulty and on its quality. There are five types of ratings: Rate, Feature, Epic, Legendary, and Mythic. Feature rated levels possess a yellow glow around the level's difficulty icon, Epic rated levels contain a yellow flame outside the level's difficulty icon, Legendary rated levels possess a red flame around the level's difficulty icon, and the Mythic rated levels possess a blue flame around the level's difficulty icon alongside particles. If user coins are added, collecting them will not add to the player's user coin count unless they are verified by RobTop — unverified user coins appear bronze while verified user coins appear silver. Rated Classic levels award stars upon completion, whilst rated Platformer levels award Moons, both of which additionally award mana orbs. Mana orbs are also awarded for progression in Classic levels. Diamonds will be made available if the level is a part of a gauntlet or the daily level/weekly Demon.

Difficulty Stars Mana Orbs Diamonds
Unrated N/A - - -
Auto Auto 1 0 0
Easy Easy 2 50 4
Normal Normal 3 75 5
Hard Hard 4 125 6
5 175 7
Harder Harder 6 225 8
7 275 9
Insane Insane 8 350 10
9 425 11
EasyDemon Easy Demon 10 500 12
MediumDemon Medium Demon
Demon Hard Demon
InsaneDemon Insane Demon
ExtremeDemon Extreme Demon

Finding levels[]

Search screen

User level searching can be accessed by clicking the rightmost button on the main menu screen, then the bottom right button with a magnifying glass icon that reads "Search" in the Create menu. By default, level searches sort by most liked, but can be filtered using Various search filters accessible on this screen, these include:

  • Difficulty rating: A user can choose from all of the available difficulties. They range from Easy to Demon and incorporate Auto and NA. The player can select certain difficulties at the same time. However, the NA, Demon, and Auto difficulties cannot be paired with another.
    • Alongside the demon difficulties added in Update 2.1, there is also the ability to search for them. A user can do so by clicking the Demon difficulty and the plus sign (+) that appears thereafter. The available difficulties are:
  • Level length: Shows only levels of the specified length. Levels can have a length of Tiny (less than 10 seconds), Short (10 ~ 29 seconds), Medium (30 ~ 59 seconds), Long (60 ~ 119 seconds), XL (greater than 120 seconds), or Plat. (any Platformer mode level.)
  • Star rating: Shows only levels that have been awarded star ratings.
  • Quick search options: These options can be used to quickly search for levels. They range from Most Downloaded levels to Friends levels.
    • Most Downloaded: Displays the levels with the most downloads in descending order.
    • Most Liked: Displays the levels with the most likes in descending order.
    • Trending: Displays the most recent levels with a high download rate.
    • Recent: Displays the most recent levels in descending order.
    • Sent: Displays levels that have most recently been sent directly to RobTop by Moderators in descending order.
    • Magic: This tab shows the most recent "good" levels based on a variety of factors, including (but not limited to) object count, LDM usage, level length, and time spent in the editor. The exact mechanism for this is unknown. Rated levels do not appear here.
    • Awarded: Displays the most recently star-rated levels in descending order.
    • Following: Displays the most recently uploaded levels from creators the player is following in descending order.
    • Friends: Displays the most recently uploaded levels from the player's friend list in descending order.
  • Extra filters: The plus button below the "X" button contains extra filters:
    • Uncompleted: Filters levels that are uncompleted by the player. There is a setting to also display levels completed prior to 2.1, since the Mana Orbs will have not been obtained.
    • Completed: Filters levels that are completed by the player.
    • Featured: Filters levels that are Featured.
    • Original: Filters levels that are not copies of other levels.
      • This excludes levels that are uploaded as copies of themselves. This can happen by copying an uploaded level from the same creator and reuploading it with the same name. That way, the level's ID will be preserved, however the copied level's ID will not be reset. Also, the original ID will sit next to the copy of the level’s ID.
    • Epic: Filters levels that have an epic rating.
    • Legendary: Filters levels that have a legendary rating.
    • Mythic: Filters levels that have a mythic rating.
    • Song: Filters levels based on the selected song. Upon selecting this filter, on the bottom of the dialog there will appear controls to select the desired song to filter.
    • No Star: Filters levels that are not star-rated.
    • Coins: Filters levels that have verified coins.
    • 2-Player: Filters levels that have 2-player mode enabled.
  • Saved levels: The player can go to this button in the Create menu to view a list of all the online levels that a user has played in Geometry Dash, sorted so that the custom levels that the player has most recently played show up first in the list. By default, only 20 levels are available and allowed to play without loading them again. As of Update 2.1, up to 100 levels can be available.
  • "X" button: Resets all currently applied filters.

Uploading a level[]

When a custom level has been verified, the following steps must be taken in order for the custom level to be uploaded.

  • A level cannot be uploaded if it contains a non-disabled start position (abbreviated as Start Pos).
    • Prior to Update 2.11, an exploit allowed levels which had High Detail mode to be verified legitimately in low detail mode and therefore able to be released. Moreover, the low detail mode button is only seen in the editor, which means that the level cannot be played with it.
  • The custom level must have a name (it cannot be changed once it has been submitted).
    • A description of the level can be left blank, as it will automatically default to "(No description provided)" It can also be changed, unlike the title name.
    • If the title is left blank, then it will be automatically named "Unnamed 0". If the creator already has a level named Unnamed 0, it will be automatically named "Unnamed 1", and so on.
  • The creator can request the rating (and thus star value).
    • However, they cannot request a sub-difficulty for Demon levels.
  • Prior to Update 2.201, the creator could enable or disable the copy availability of the level and could implement a password lock.
    • Levels last updated prior to Update 1.7 are never copyable, and levels updated after Update 2.201 are always copyable without a password.
    • The creator can also make a level unlisted, which will cause it to only be accessible if you search for its ID.
    • The creator can copy their level even if it's not copyable.
  • Based on user ratings and suggested star/difficulty ratings from level moderators, the level may receive a star rating (1 creator point), a feature (2 creator points), an epic rating (3 creator points), a legendary rating (4 creator points) or a mythic rating (5 creator points).
    • A level requires three submitted user ratings to receive a difficulty rating.
  • A custom level must be at least 10 seconds long or it may be deleted. However, there are still plenty of sub-10-second levels.
  • A custom level must also have at least 2,000 objects or it too may be deleted. However, there are still plenty of sub-2,000-object levels
  • A Geometry Dash account is required to upload levels since Update 2.11 to the server to prevent abuse.

Trivia[]

Level popularity[]

  • The most downloaded level is OuterSpace, a Hard level featured in the Fire Gauntlet. It has more than 105 million downloads as of 2 October 2024.
    • The most downloaded Platformer level is Coaster Mountain, a Medium Demon level which was also the first ever Legendary rated level. It has more than 4.4 million downloads as of 2 October 2024.
  • The most liked level is ReTraY, an Easy level featured in the Alpha Pack map pack. It has over 7.2 million likes as of 14 January 2024.
    • The most liked Platformer level is Dash Cave, a Hard level. It has over 268 thousand likes as of 2 October 2024.
  • The most liked and most downloaded Demon level is The Nightmare, an Easy Demon featured in the Demon Pack 3 map pack. It has over 86.5 million downloads and 4.8 million likes as of 14 January 2024, also being the third most downloaded level in the game.
  • The most liked and downloaded Extreme Demon level is Bloodbath, a heavily influential level, being the hardest rated level for some time during Update 1.9 and Update 2.0. It has over 73.7 million downloads and 3.6 million likes as of 14 January 2024, and is the fifth most downloaded level in the game.
    • Bloodbath is also the most downloaded level not in either a Map Pack or a Gauntlet.
  • The most liked and downloaded unrated level is Fernanfloo 2, with a Harder difficulty. It has over 25.4 million downloads and 1.5 million likes as of 2 October 2024.
    • The most liked and downloaded unrated Platformer level is Night Plus II, with an Insane difficulty. It has over 1.4 million downloads and 143 thousand likes as of 2 October 2024.
  • The most downloaded Auto level is auto play area, with over 44.5 million downloads and 3 million likes as of 14 January 2024.
  • The first level to receive a Legendary rating is Coaster Mountain, a Medium Demon Platformer level. It is also the most liked and downloaded Platformer Demon as well as the most downloaded Platformer level overall, with over 4.4 million downloads and 236 thousand likes as of 11 June 2024.
    • The first non-Platformer level to receive a Legendary rating is And Ever, an Easy Demon level.
    • The first non-Demon level to receive a Legendary rating is Subwoofer Lullaby, a Harder level.
  • The first level to receive a Mythic rating is The Towerverse, a Hard Demon Platformer level.
    • The first non-Platformer level to receive a Mythic rating is Astralith, an Easy Demon level that was later included in the Forest Gauntlet.
    • The first non-Demon level to receive a Mythic rating is Rage Quit, an Easy level.
  • Usually, having verified coins is a perk only rated levels get, but there is one level named "Dark Angel" by the user Rono which has verified coins but is not rated. This is allegedly because the level was rated at some point, but it was unrated by RobTop, and when RobTop unrated the level, he forgot to remove the verified user coins from the level. Beating the level with the coins still awards the player with verified user coins.
  • Many rated levels that were uploaded before adding coins in a later update of the level have unverified user coins.

Other[]

  • ID 696969 is taken by the level "mfkors" by Player. It uses the song Clutterfunk.
  • As of 9 September 2024, the level ID 110000000 has been surpassed, meaning there have been more than 110 million levels uploaded to the server.
    • Most of these levels have been deleted for various reasons, including user-requested, moderator-requested or automatic server deletion.
  • The earliest level still available on the servers is 1st level by real storm, with an ID of 128. It is not star-rated, and has a difficulty rating of Hard.

User level ratings[]

  • RobTop occasionally uploads "Editor Example __" levels which show examples of how to use different triggers and new gameplay aspects on the Editor, although he has supposedly uploaded 3, there is only 2 on his profile, the latest one being from over 6 years ago.
  • A rated level can have its rating removed if it is later discovered that the verification was not legitimate or if the level contains a secret way.
    • There are, however, plenty of levels that have had secret ways found or were otherwise illegitimately verified that are still rated.
  • A rated level could previously also have its rating removed if the level's song was originally available, but later becomes unavailable.
    • There are, however, many levels with songs that are not downloadable in-game (known as "NONGs", short for "Not On NewGrounds") that are rated anyway.
  • When inputting a name for a user level on mobile, some vulgar swears (with some exclusions) used to be replaced with a hyphen.
    • Since the hyphen character cannot be typed into the search bar, user levels with a hyphen in their name can only be searched by their level ID.
    • This is also why in current versions of the game, swear words are entirely removed instead of being replaced.
  • In Geometry Dash World, as of 6 May 2021, it is confirmed that the following levels after #141 (WaterFall) are NA-rated levels spammed by RobTop, most being both uncommentable and unplayable.
    • However, there are still some levels that have about 100-200 downloads and not star rated.
  • In the beginning of 2.1, even though the Demon rating categories were available to select, all of the Demon levels were automatically rated Hard Demon at first.
    • This was because the levels did not have enough votes to get their ratings changed.
  • The XL length was originally named "Extra-Long." Update 2.0 introduced this renaming as well as a previously missing filter to search for XL levels.
  • The difficulty rating icons are based off of the Newgrounds emoticons.
  • When a player opened the comment section of a level, prior to Update 2.0 there was a button next to the creator's username labelled "More". By clicking this button, the player could view a list of the creator's levels. This feature was removed in Update 2.0 due to RobTop encouraging the creation of registered user accounts.

Bugs[]

  • Sometimes when uploading a level, the message when uploading would say, "Upload failed. Please try again later.", even if you have internet connection. The reason for this is unknown, and the only way to bypass it is by making a copy of that level.
  • There is a bug that sometimes occurs that if you view a level, it shows the level requires a password, but lets you copy for free.
  • The filters for searching for levels with a legendary or mythic rating are bugged, and send the server the wrong filter (asks for mythics with the legendary filter and vice versa). This is actually fixed server-side so that the filters give the intended levels (the server gives legendary levels when asked for mythics and vice versa).
Advertisement