Rivals of Aether — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Hotfix Patch 2.1.9.1 | 2025-05-13 | We have a small hotfix with fix and updates to workshop for players and creators. We also have couple of projectile behavior fixes for Mollo and Hodan. Fixed workshop characters prioritizing incorrect duplicate sprites. Redid the "window_attack_pressed" change; It now only disables that variable when attempting to do a buffered reverse ftilt out of jab, instead of any time "can_attack" is disabled. Fixed a crash when using "init_shader()" very early after reloading, such as in "draw_hud.gml". css_update and css_draw no longer run while the character is loading or the slot is inactive. Added the script "update_end.gml" to stages. Bug Fix: Bomb |
| Patch 2.1.9.0 Notes: Hop Pop and Workshop | 2025-04-23 | Hey there! It’s been a while since our last Rivals of Aether update, hasn’t it? We’re overall pretty happy with where the game is at, with 18 characters meticulously adjusted over the course of 10 years! We’re here today with a big update for the workshop community that has been creating non-stop since the feature was introduced. Today’s patch has a ton of requested features that should make the lives of Workshop creators AND players more fun and much easier to navigate - stage searching, thick platforms, disabling hitbox shaders and more! I expect to see a demake of Hyperborian Harbor on my desk this evening. In addition to a long list of Wo |
| Rivals Update 2.1.8.0 - A Lot to Unpack | 2024-07-15 | We're here in 2024, a full 10 years after Dan's first trailer for Rivals of Aether. I don't think anyone ever thought this game would carry on as long as it has. We're excited to present a new balance patch to kick off the second half of 2024! We intend to catch up the Switch version of the game in the coming weeks. Updating the console can be tricky due to a number of reasons so a hard date is not guaranteed, but rest assured, we are working diligently to bring it up to date! Without any further adieu, let's dive in: Now that development on Rivals of Aether is slowing down, we have heard many new fans asking about skins. We have been releasi |
| Live Now: Chatting Workshop Contest + More Character Highlights | 2024-07-11 | There were so many incredible entries in the Workshop contest that we can't resist gushing about it some more. Join developers Giik, SBS, and Etalus for a casual dev stream right here on Steam (or your choice of the Rivals Twitch or YouTube pages) where we highlight more great characters and chat about the contest. |
| Rivals Workshop Character Contest: Winner Revealed! | 2024-07-03 | Last year we announced a one-of-a-kind contest where Rivals Workshop creators had the chance for their own character to be officially added to Rivals 2. Creators had six and a half months to design, animate, and code their creations before submitting them to our dev team for a rigorous judging process. Today, on the one year anniversary of the contest, we're finally revealing the winner and 4 runner-ups! We were incredibly impressed with the over 80 submissions we received featuring creators' completely original characters. We could clearly see the love and hard work that went into them, and want to thank everyone who entered. If you haven’t |
| Rivals of Aether Bugfix Patch 2.1.7.4 | 2024-04-24 | We're back with a bugfix full of bug squashing and a few QoL changes for Hodan. This is a smaller patch leading up to our potential final patch with more balance changes and a Switch update in the next few months! Bug Fix: Fixed custom color skins applying to Story Mode due to some skins causing issues in gameplay. Bug Fix: The Rollback Settings button is now unclickable while readied up. Bug Fix: Fixed various skins displaying a Santa hat for 1 frame when hit. Bug Fix: Landing during Neutral Air now gives resources back. This should only affect cases where he lands on a Kragg pillar that breaks while Wrastor still in landing lag. Bug Fix: Fi |
| Buddy Up with Mawson | 2024-03-27 | A new buddy is available today in Rivals of Aether: introducing Mawson from Cross Blitz! Mawson is the beloved chief of the Mawpaws – a cat-like race of creatures that live deep within their island’s mana mines. He’s one of the few Mawpaws who are brave enough to communicate with outsiders, and looks to be adventurous enough to have made it all the way to Aether to be your next battle buddy. You can unlock Mawson by owning both Rivals and Cross Blitz on Steam. Cross Blitz is an RPG deckbuilder by our good friends at Tako Boy Studios featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Make sure to check |
| Workshop Contest Update Stream Event | 2024-03-26 | Join Dan and Trevor over on our twitch this Thursday at 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 11am PT as they play contest entries and chat about the process behind the scenes for adding a character to the Rivals universe. As always, questions are welcome in the chat. At the start of this year, we closed submissions for our Workshop Character Creation Contest, a contest where we asked the community to make their own characters with the winner eventually being officially added to Rivals 2! Since then, we've been hard at work behind the scenes and posted an update earlier today about when people can expect for a winner to be chosen and more. |
| Workshop Character Contest Update | 2024-03-25 | Hello to our beautiful Rivals Workshop enjoyers today! We’ve got a small update to announce when we plan to reveal a winner as well as a few other events related to our Workshop Character Contest. Contest judging is well underway and we’ve combed through almost one hundred characters to make sure the winner and four runner-ups are chosen with care. We plan to choose the winner and get them signed and ready for an announcement on the one year anniversary of the contest – which is July 3rd, 2024. Don’t forget that this character isn’t planned to join the Rivals 2 roster for some time. On the way to that announcement we’ll keep everyone up to da |
| Steam Spring Sale Final Day | 2024-03-19 | Rivals of Aether and all of our cosmetic DLC is on sale for just one more day at 50% off! Don't miss out on the end of the Steam Spring Sale. It's the perfect time to get your friends in for Rivals Workshop, or just pick up the game at a discount if it's something you've had your eye on. |
| Exclusive Rivals of Aether Skin Available TODAY! | 2023-11-15 | Get an exclusive Rivals of Aether skin when you back the Rivals 2 Kickstarter HERE. We have some Early Bird Specials, so be sure to back before it’s too late! |
| Rivals Workshop Character Creation Contest | 2023-07-03 | Today we’re kicking off a competition with one of the coolest prizes we can think of – a chance for your own character to officially join the Aether Universe! We’re inviting the community to create their dream character in our new contest and share it with the world for a chance to be added to Rivals 2. If you’re new to Rivals or the Rivals Workshop and want to get involved, we’ve got great news because Rivals of Aether is currently on sale for 50% off! You can pick up the game at a discount (or any of our games) during the Steam Summer Sale for the next 2 weeks through 6/29/23 – 7/13/23. Ever since we added Steam Workshop support, our commun |
| NA RCS Season 7 June Online Major | 2022-06-10 | Get ready for our first online event of Season 7! start.gg/RCSJune Prizes Champion Olympia skin for ALL participants. $1000 in prize money provided by start.gg for premier RCS events! Our first ever event on rollback netcode features Rivals Singles on Saturday, June 11th where all participants will earn a brand new Champion Olympia DLC skin and a chance at $1000 in prizes provided by start.gg. Compete for glory, League Points, and cash prizes in our first online major of Season 7. Time & Dates Registration Deadline - 6/10/21 @ 11:59 PM PT Check In: All players must check in before bracket start so we can confirm attendance. This helps everyth |
| Rivals 2 Officially Announced | 2022-04-04 | Last Friday we officially announced the sequel to Rivals of Aether through a trailer packed with fast-paced gameplay, beautiful stages, and even a tentative release date to look forward to. Zetterburn, Ranno, and Wrastor were revealed as the first three characters in the game, along with promises of more favorites returning. We have an admittedly bad habit of making our biggest announcements on April 1st, so to assure you that you weren't having a fever dream on Friday - here's the serious news on our sequel's announcement and currently released details. Announcement Trailer Our big reveal trailer capped off the Rivals Direct on Friday with t |
| Rivals of Aether Balance Patch 2.1.2.0 | 2022-03-16 | After over a full month since the release of our four free newcomers, we are back once again with another round of balance changes! Last patch aimed to clean up some obvious troublemakers and mechanics. This time we intend to really dig deep and focus on fine-tuning our new friends. This is not by any means our final balance patch, but this will be our last balance touch-up before Genesis 8 and Low Tide City in April. Players looking for changes for our earlier 14 characters can get excited for our next balance patch coming later this year, where we plan to continue work on our newcomers while giving some elbow grease to some of our other fav |
| Rivals of Aether 2.1.1.1 Hot Fix Update | 2022-02-24 | MOLLO: Mollo no longer gets stunned from parrying his own Finisher. Bombs now push out of each other correctly. When hitting mollo with a primed bomb in his hand, the timer should now reset on each hit (meaning it won't interrupt your combo). Thrown bombs no longer teleport to the center of Mollo during the throwing animation. HODAN: Fixed Hodan getting stuck in his Up Tilt animation in rare situations. Charged Up Tilt: Sweatbox hitstun multiplier decreased, 1.5 -> 1.0 (The increased hitstun is supposed to make up for the low KB values on the other moves, but it lead to situations where players knocked offstage would fall further than intende |
| Balance Patch 2.1.1.0 | 2022-02-18 | A few weeks ago we added a whopping FOUR new characters to the PC and Switch versions of the game for free. Since then we’ve been able to collect feedback and bug reports from the community, allowing for our first balance patch since their release! While this is by no means the final balance patch these characters will see, our intention with this round of changes is to hit the big troublemaker moves of each of the four. Buckle up, this is a big one. Mollo is really close to how we want him to play – an aggressive and unpredictable character who can rushdown or zone while using everything at his disposal. Our main goal when updating Mollo was |
| Rollback Netcode + Workshop Character Pack Release | 2022-02-03 | The time has come! Last April, we announced the inclusion of four community-created characters into the base cast of Rivals of Aether. After an intense year of development we've worked internally, with the original creators, and with our closed beta team to finally bring these characters to life in our free update today! What's Included The workshop character pack is filled to the brim with new content. Each of our four new characters come with their own stages, music, and Abyss Runes right out of the gate. Players familiar with their Steam Workshop versions will find updated kits, animations, sound effects, and much more. Players who already |
| Rivals Community Awards Nominations Open | 2021-11-17 | The Rivals Community Awards nominations are officially open! Showcase your favorite creators and players in tons of categories spanning workshop, tournaments, and more. Get involved by writing in your top nominees on any category. Nominations run until Dec. 1st, 2021. Visit the Community Awards page to make your nominations > Join us on December 8th as we celebrate our own in a live show hosted by the dev team and special guests. |
| RCS October Online Majors | 2021-10-05 | Our Rivals Championship Series majors are now available to register for in October! Get your hands on our latest Steampunk themed skin for this year's Rivals Championship Series just for playing. Sign up for your region below: 10/16 @ 4ET / 3CT / 1PT: smash.gg/RCSMelody 17/10 @ 7:30PM CEST: smash.gg/RCSMelodyEU 10/16: smash.gg/RCSMelodyOCE We'll see you on Twitch for the stream complete with commentary and chat giveaways! North America and European region streams start at the same time as their events. Skins will be sent out 2 days following weekend events via the email linked to your smash.gg account. Make sure to look in your promo or spam |