Next Rust force wipe
How we work out the date
Facepunch ships the monthly Rust update on the first Thursday of the month, and every server is forced to reset when it lands. The date above follows that rule.
We do not take the rule on trust — we check it against what we observed. Of the last 3 force wipes in our records, 3 fell on the first Thursday. The time is the median moment the wave of resets began across those months.
Either way the time is measured, never typed in. That matters because the UK changes clocks twice a year: a fixed UTC time written into a page would be an hour wrong for half of it.
Force wipes we recorded
| Month | Date | Wave started | Servers seen wiping |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | Thursday 1 | 17:41 UTC | 3,684 |
| 2026-09 | Thursday 3 | 17:42 UTC | 3,684 |
| 2026-08 | Thursday 6 | 17:47 UTC | 4,486 |
Months with too few recorded events are left out: with a small sample the start time is noise.
What gets wiped
A force wipe resets the map on every server: your base, your loot, the terrain. Blueprints are a separate matter — some servers wipe them at the same time, others keep them. Check your server's page to see how it has behaved before.
Before it hits
See which servers wipe first, or pick a server to start on.