Abstract We revisit the phenomenology of quintessence models in light of the recently refined version of the de Sitter Swampland conjecture. which includes the possibility of unstable de Sitter critical points. We show that models of quintessence can evade previously derived lower bounds on (1 + w). albeit with very finely-tuned initial conditions. https://chefesquipmenters.shop/product-category/muffin-pan-cleaning-brushes/