Abyss Endless Mode

Face off against an endless horde of shadowy creatures.
Rules
Stock	1
Time	Infinite
Teams	On
Team Attack	Off
Aether Stages	Unavailable
Abyss	On
Pause	On
Knockback Scaling	1.0x
Turbo	Off
Workshop	On
Dev Mode	Off

Abyss Endless Mode is a local single player or co-op game mode in Rivals of Aether that requires 1 or more players to go through set waves, or challenges that get progressively harder.

Players can purchase and equip runes, which make characters stronger or give them special abilities.

Waves

Wave	Name of Challenge	Normal Amount of Challenge*
1	Defeat weak enemies	10 enemies
2	Destroy the Hexes	4 hexes
3	Dodge the Energy surges and fight	1 enemy
4	Destroy the seeds quickly	4 seeds
5	Defeat the armored enemy	30% armor
6	Defeat weak enemies	15 enemies
7	Destroy the obelisk quickly	8 seconds
8	Send enemies into the rifts	3 rifts
9	Absorb the light	100% of Light
10	Avoid the ground	15 seconds
11	Defeat weak enemies	20 enemies
12	Defeat explosive enemies	6 enemies
13	Defeat the Gatekeeper's minions	3 enemies
14	Defeat the Gatekeepers	150 HP
15	Restore your health	20 seconds, restore up to 50 HP

_{*this amount will change if you have more players and if you are at higher waves.}

You can also pay Aether coins to skip waves. The amount you can skip is based on how many waves you have completed.

Leveling Up

After each round, a blue crystal appears in a random location that you can attack to gain experience points that raise the level of your character. One crystal spawns for each player in the game, but players can hit any crystals.

When your character levels up, they gain more slots to equip Abyss Runes. When your character reaches level 10, a special icon and the Abyss skin of your character are unlocked.

Story

After the fight against the Gatekeepers, players are given the option to continue into the abyss, which will begin an Abyss Endless game using the player's current character.

Trivia

• It is unknown if Abyss Mode is canon to the story. When asked if the heroes were trapped in the endless abyss, Dan Fornace replied: "I DUNNOOOOO ;)"
• Abyss Mode's beta also included many placeholder images, including a giant smiley and sad face that represent the capture point, pinatas (which later became blue crystals), kittens that represent the falling seeds, and a chicken which represent the obelisk.