Citadel of Hopes and Dreams

What is the Citadel of Hopes and Dreams?
The Citadel of Hopes and Dreams (CoHaD), is a Remorseless ascension-based Citadel in Ring 1. It is known for being extremely long and tedious, and very ridiculous looking from the outside. Also, if you're on a lower-end device, this citadel can cause some serious lag, so be careful.

It features many extensions such as other rooms, basements, and droppers. At floor 9, the entire frame of the floor spins quite fast. There are also some very long and drawn out outside sections, though some of them have safety nets.

This should be attempted after completing every citadel in Ring 1 up to this point, however, you should note that currently the checkpoints in this tower are a little broken and there is a chance you may be kicked for no reason.

Music
"Floor 1: The Abduction (Alien Hominid Theme) - Castle Crashers""Floor 2: BFB Ost - infetterence""Floor 3: Vulta - Crepescule""Floor 4: Outside The Fold""Floor 4 (Outside): Hotline Miami 2: Technoir (Starts at 0:35)""Floor 5: Yooh - Ice Angel""Floor 6: Plok! SNES Music - Cotton Island""Floor 6 (Interior): AHiT - Dead Bird Studio""Floor 7: Vulta - She's Got Skin Like Glass""NEAT Tower: Francis Battle Super Paper Mario Music""Floor 8: Super Meat Boy - Hospital (Dark World)""Citadel Crossing Hub: Honeyhive Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy""Citadel of Flower Ascension Crossing: Mother 3 - 041 Cautiously""Citadel of Menacing Challenges Crossing: Kingdom Valley - Sonic the Hedgehog [OST ]""Citadel of Humor Crossing: BFB Ost - Gamla""1st Dropper: Pikmin OST - Challenge Mode""Floor 9: Spaze - Underworld (Starts at 2:22)""Floor 10: cYsmix - Escapism""Floor 11: Danimal Cannon - Strike The Earth""2nd Dropper: Waterflame - Run! (HD)""Floor 12: MASKED - Bad Intentions""Client Object Hecc: Piranha Creeper Creek Super Mario 3D World Music""Floor 13: cYsmix - Classic Pursuit""Floor 14a & 14b: [HARDSTYLE MegaSphere - Emphatic Outcry ]""Floor 14c: Touhou SA - Nuclear Fusion (Utsuho Reiuji's Theme)""Floor14d: Portal 2 - Reconstructing Science Remix""Dropper 1st Basement: The Binding of Isaac: Antibirth OST Innocence Mangled""Floor 15: Undertale - Hopes and Dreams (hence the name)"

Trivia

 * The first victor was shazzo183 with a time of 318:36.48.
 * A second victor came (7/17/21) N4_3 beat the citadel with a time of 196.01.33.

"No other victories are counted past this point on this wiki."


 * The current word record for this citadel is about 2 hours.


 * Despite this tower not being soul-crushing, it has a boost item barrier, making it the only non-sc to have one.


 * CoHaD's name in NCoH was established before the CoHaD in JToH.
 * This is currently the longest citadel in the game, taking 3-4 hours on average.
 * Despite being placed at high remorseless, the actual gameplay in the citadel is around low IntenseIcon100.webp Intense.
 * This citadel has 12,500 parts.
 * There are 3 different "ring" sections in which the player must traverse around a ring outside the tower. These are clearly visible around the tower.

"The rings themselves are on floors 8, 10 and 12, with the floor 12 ring being the hardest of the 3."


 * This was the first citadel to get a citadel crossing, with the second being Citadel of Simple Beginnings' revamp.

"The crossing takes place on floor 8's ring. You are given a choice in what order you traverse the 3 citadels. They are:""--Citadel of Humor, floor 11""--Citadel of Menacing Challenges, floor 11""--Citadel of Flower Ascension, floor 1"


 * Floor 14 is split into 4 different sides, making it very long.
 * Floor 15 is notorious for being very punishing if you fall, sending you all the way back to 14a. However, the original plan for this floor was to have you get GBJ'd if you fell.
 * There are 2 different time-consuming button hunt sections, one on floor 7 and another on floor 10.

Continuing From This Point
Awesome, you beat this bloodcurdling and very long citadel. Next up you should beat Citadel of Desolate or some easier Remorseless citadels.