Eternal Ordeal

The Eternal Ordeal is a secret challenge which can be found in Godhome. It requires the player to attempt to defeat as many Zote-like-beings as possible before dying.

Location
The Eternal Ordeal is located inside the Hall of Gods within Godhome. To access it, the player must first navigate to the upper right of the hall and break the ceiling in the third arch from the right (this can be done effectively be crystal-dashing off the wall and then using double-jump). The player must then wall-jump up the arch into a hidden room and break the left wall. A statue of Zote will appear in the room and the option to challenge it.

The Eternal Ordeal will always start with the player facing Zote the Mighty, who can now deal damage to the player. After defeating him, the title, THE ETERNAL ORDEAL will appear on the screen. A counter with Zote's head will appear in the lower left of the screen, and Zote will begin to sing along with the music. Many waves of Zotes will begin to spawn, and each killed Zote will increase the counter. For each Zote killed the difficulty will increase and more variants will appear, some variants exclusive to the Ordeal. The Zotes unique to the Ordeal do not have Journal entries.

Once the player has killed fifty-seven Zotes, the counter will turn gold, as does the hidden Zote statue, and a new title screen, The Eternal Ordeal, will be unlocked. The title screen features a statue of Zote, and him singing the main menu theme of the game.

Trivia

 * The fifty-seven kills to unlock the Eternal Ordeal title screen is a reference to the fifty-seven precepts of Zote.
 * Clip of Zote singing the combat tune: Gg_eternal_ordeal_music.ogg