Force wipe lands on the first Thursday of every month at 2 PM ET. Here is the countdown to the next one, the full twelve-month schedule, and a straight answer on what a wipe actually resets.
Facepunch ships the monthly update on the first Thursday at 2 PM ET, and the official servers wipe with it. Times below are shown in UTC alongside Eastern Time.
| Month | Force wipe date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | Thursday, 3 September | 18:00 | Next |
| October 2026 | Thursday, 1 October | 18:00 | |
| November 2026 | Thursday, 5 November | 19:00 | |
| December 2026 | Thursday, 3 December | 19:00 | |
| January 2027 | Thursday, 7 January | 19:00 | |
| February 2027 | Thursday, 4 February | 19:00 | |
| March 2027 | Thursday, 4 March | 19:00 | |
| April 2027 | Thursday, 1 April | 18:00 | |
| May 2027 | Thursday, 6 May | 18:00 | |
| June 2027 | Thursday, 3 June | 18:00 | |
| July 2027 | Thursday, 1 July | 18:00 | |
| August 2027 | Thursday, 5 August | 18:00 |
The UTC time shifts by an hour twice a year because 2 PM Eastern moves with US daylight saving, not because the wipe moved. Community servers set their own schedule on top of this — many also wipe weekly, on the Thursdays in between.
Both clear the map. The difference is what survives, and it decides how much of a head start you actually lose.
Every official server wipes when the monthly update drops, and almost every community server follows within hours. The map seed changes, so the terrain you memorised last month is gone too. This is the reset that matters — everyone starts on the beach at the same minute, and the first six hours decide who owns the wipe.
A choice each community server makes, not something Facepunch enforces. Bases, loot and the map go; the server usually keeps blueprints so returning players are not re-learning the same tech tree every seven days. Check your server's own wipe page — the schedule is set by whoever runs it.
Blueprints are the part people get wrong. A force wipe does not automatically take them — Facepunch announces global BP wipes separately, and community servers decide for themselves. Most months are a map wipe only.
Our PRO joins your server on their own account and builds it live — we farm every resource and place every wall, and you move in while construction is still running. You keep playing on your own account the whole time.
A secure 2×2 starter base with a Tier 1 bench, four furnaces, stocked ore and a ready-to-use kit box — built and farmed for you before the first raid of the wipe goes out.
See what's includedTier 2 bench, 6 furnaces plus an 8-strong electric bank, filled weapon and gear boxes, 24,000 each of wood, ore and sulfur, six auto turrets and a SAM site — wired and handed over running.
See what's includedA 4×4 clan compound with a Tier 3 bench, a 20-furnace bank, rockets and explosive ammo in the boxes, three keycards, twelve turrets, three SAM sites and a mini helicopter parked outside.
See what's includedThe first Thursday of every month at 2 PM ET, which is 18:00 UTC in summer and 19:00 UTC in winter. The countdown at the top of this page tracks the next one to the second.
Usually not. A force wipe clears the map and everything on it, but blueprints are wiped separately — Facepunch announces a global BP wipe when one is coming, typically alongside a progression change every few months. Community servers can wipe blueprints whenever they like, so check the server you play on.
A force wipe is enforced by the monthly update — every official server goes down and the map seed changes. A weekly wipe is a server owner's own decision on the Thursdays in between; it clears bases and loot, usually keeps blueprints, and only affects that server.
Because the wipe is scheduled in Eastern Time, not UTC. 2 PM ET is 18:00 UTC while US daylight saving is active and 19:00 UTC once the clocks go back, so the UTC time shifts by an hour twice a year while the local wipe time never moves.
No — nothing exists on a server until the map is live. Wipe day work starts once the servers come back up, so order beforehand and your builder is queued and ready to join the moment the wipe drops rather than waiting behind everyone who booked on the day.
No. Every Rust service we sell is self-play. Your PRO joins your server on their own account, builds alongside you, and drops building privilege when you sign the base off. Login details are never shared.
The first hours of a wipe decide the month. Book before the servers drop and your builder is ready to go the minute the map is live — instead of you farming stone while everyone else is already behind metal doors.