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Nightmarishly Hard levels, also called owl levels or Odus's levels, are the second highest classification of hexagon levels (the hardest being Legendary Levels). They are levels officially marked as extremely difficult by King. They are a proper subset of hexagon levels, and are one step above the Super Hard levels.

Nightmarishly Hard levels are intended to be the hardest levels across the map spanning several episodes. However, just like any other hexagonal level designator, not all Nightmarishly Hard levels are the hardest in a given episode or across the game. They were introduced on HTML5 in 2018; and never realized on Flash.

Like hexagon levels, the list of Odus's levels is dynamic, subject to a roughly weekly update. In difficulty colourings, Nightmarishly Hard levels feature the Owl emoji (🦉).

See the full list of Odus's levels.

History[]

The level type colour is hidden and changed to dark navy ringed by a gold skull with Odus flying above, startled. The colour scheme of levels will also change to a blue colour, with frequent viking imagery.

At the time of inception until 2022 March 23, an episode can have at most one Nightmarishly Hard level, and episodes with a Nightmarishly Hard level will not feature a Super Hard level. Similar to a Super Hard level, they are usually the most difficult levels in an episode. While earlier episodes have a few Nightmarishly Hard levels per world, they become more common in later episodes, often alternating with "super hard levels". Interestingly enough, there is very little difference between a "super hard level" and a "nightmarishly hard level" especially that at that time King assigned at most one level in an episode as either "super hard" or "nightmarishly hard". It is likely that "nightmarishly hard" levels are given to the harder "super hard" levels among all levels at least "super hard".

In a March 2021 update, the player now has the option to purchase a pack of boosters to aid them with such levels, and a dialog box showing this option will pop up every two failed attempts. This is not recommended as the player must pay with real money.

Around April Fools 2020, the designs for all hexagon levels have been revamped such that they are always represented as skulls alone, above the button. Odus will still make appearances, especially on "Good Luck" when the player continues. Nightmarishly Hard levels feature a horned skull and crossbones.

As of 2022 March 23, episode will have no limit on the number of levels marked as Super Hard, and Nightmarishly Hard levels can coexist with Super Hard levels in the same episode.

Trivia[]

  • Ironically, no Dreamworld levels were nightmarishly hard since they were removed over a year before nightmarishly hard levels were introduced.
  • The equivalent in Candy Crush Soda Saga is "Ultra Hard level".
  • Strangely enough, some hexagon listings have the first Nightmarishly Hard level occurring before the first Super Hard level.
  • Until 23 March 2022, each episode may have up to one level marked as either Super Hard or Nightmarishly Hard. From that date on, episodes may have multiple Super Hard and Nightmarishly Hard levels. Consequently, Super Hard levels and Nightmarishly Hard level can co-exist in the same episode. Nightmarishly hard clusters also exist, meaning nightmarishly hard levels can appear back-to-back.

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