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 next free update on February 3rd, 2022 on PC and Nintendo Switch.
What’s Included
Our latest FREE update.
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 own Rivals of Aether on Steam or Switch will automatically receive the Four-Pack update for free.
Check out that fancy new Character Select Screen!
Mollo
The Smoldering Rage from the future is here! Mollo is taking a break from the rebellion against the treacherous Loxodont to utilize his explosive arsenal of weapons in an all new battlefield. Item management and stage control are key to mastering this moth, as he can do serious damage from a distance, or up close and personal.
Hodan
The Hot Springs Sage cannonballs into Rivals of Aether! Hodan uses his expert technical abilities to empower himself when the time is right. Build charge by holding a downward directional input, then unleash the beast with powerful secondary versions of key moves.
Pomme
The Superstar Songstress has arrived on the scene and is ready to put on a show! Pomme’s unique understanding of sound waves allows her to quite literally float through the air, making her a potent threat in even the hardest to reach corners of the battlefield.
Olympia
The Amethyst Fist puts her deep understanding of martial arts to the test as she brawls her way through Aether! Olympia is a fundamental warrior with a clear game-plan of hitting her opponents hard and making each hit count. Stand your ground and strike fear into your opponents, because this one is going to hurt.
Rollback Netcode
Finally for those playing on Steam, we are excited to announce that Rollback Netcode is leaving our open beta branch to officially become part of the base game with the February 3rd update. Experience the Workshop Character Pack in all its glory with the launch of the long awaited rollback netcode update on PC.
We hope you check out the newest additions to Rivals of Aether this Thursday on Switch and Steam. Thank you to our wonderful community for being with us on this journey. These new characters would not have been possible without the fantastic Workshop community that has blossomed over the years. We hope everyone will have as much fun with them as we have.
Dang, I was hoping that the Switch Version was going to get Rollback as well. Never the less, I’m still pumped up for the characters!
Very happy to see updated character portraits and the inclusion of Workshop characters on Switch. I see lots of new moves and animations which explains the wait. Thank you Aether Studios!
That’s sooper cool
What great news, I hope all this comes to Xbox too
It’s absolutely mind-blowing that four fan characters made into the roster. I recently got my Orcane and Elliana plushies, and have gotten way into the game. I’m hoping to get my cousins and inner circle of friends to get into it too!
What time is this releasing?!?!?! I’m trying to play this through class smh 🙁
Will the Switch version get rollback netcode as well it’s difficult to find matches.
I’m Really Excited & pumped for Mollo & Olympia coming to the Rivals Of Aether as a Workshop Character Pack.
Olympia I think she’s a fun fighter to be in the Workshop Character Pack I feel like that’s my 1st fan-favorite female Rat fighter in Rivals Of Aether & she has Brilliant 💎 Diamond Fist 🟣 as purple that’s totally super cool 😎 & surprising as well I’m very happy & excited to play this character today!!! well very good news & we got the update last week & today which is huge news for Rivals Of Aether.
Is this coming to Xbox anytime soon?
why nothin like why no update for roa on xbox yet us roa on fans or us like waited 1 or 2 years for an new update for it. so please?
Wait why no Xbox?
What about the characters that the fans made and still making? We can’t have them on the switch? If that’s the case then i got scammed, because i wanted to play the fans characters on my switch
Unfortunately Steam Workshop is only available on Steam. It uses a bunch of Steam specific features, as well as requires you to be able to access sprite files and code files to create characters which you can easily do on PC but not on Switch.