Official Rivals of Aether Tournaments use a predefined ruleset. The ruleset for each type of tournament is listed below:
Singles[]
- Best of 3
- 3 Stock
- 8 Minutes per game
- Teams Off
- Team Attack On
- Aether Stages Off
- Abyss Mode Off
- Hold to Pause
- 1.0x Knockback Scaling
- Turbo Mode Off
- Workshop Off
- Dev Mode Off
- Starting Stages: Merchant Port, Tower of Heaven, Aethereal Gates, The Forest Floor, Julesvale
- Counterpicks: Fire Capital, Air Armada, The Rock Wall, Treetop Lodge, Blazing Hideout, Tempest Peak, Frozen Fortress, The Endless Abyss, The Spirit Tree, Troupple Pond
Doubles[]
- Best of 3
- 3 Stock
- 8 Minutes per game
- Teams On
- Team Attack On
- Aether Stages Off
- Abyss Mode Off
- Hold to Pause
- 1.0x Knockback Scaling
- Turbo Mode Off
- Workshop Off
- Dev Mode Off
- Starting Stages: Merchant Port, Tower of Heaven, Aethereal Gates, The Forest Floor, Julesvale
- Counterpicks: Fire Capital, Air Armada, The Rock Wall, Treetop Lodge, Blazing Hideout, Tempest Peak, Frozen Fortress, The Endless Abyss, The Spirit Tree, Troupple Pond
Workshop[]
- Best of 3
- 3 Stock
- 8 Minutes per game
- Teams Off
- Team Attack On
- Aether Stages Off
- Abyss Mode Off
- Hold to Pause
- 1.0x Knockback Scaling
- Turbo Mode Off
- Workshop On
- Dev Mode Off
- Starting Stages: Decided by the TOs.
- Counterpicks: Decided by the TOs.
- Character List: Workshop characters only, decided by the TOs.