Rust Wipe Schedule and Next Force Wipe
Rust force wipes happen on the first Thursday of every month at 19:00 London time. The next one is on . Below you find the countdown, what a force wipe resets, all dates of 2026, and the servers we expect to wipe today and this week.
Facepunch sets the exact time. It can shift if an update is delayed, so check the official announcement on the day.
Force wipe dates 2026
Force wipes always fall on the first Thursday of the month at 19:00 London time. Times are shown in your time zone.
- January Past SURVIVING 12 YEARS
- February Past NAVAL UPDATE
- March Past SHIPSHAPE
- April Past SPRING CLEAN
- May Past UPGRADE HARD, RAID HARDER
- June Past BUILT DIFFERENT
- July Past COMMON GROUND
- August Past POWER TRIP
- September Past BREACH AND CLEAR
- October Past LIVESTOCK
- November Past PRINTED AND POLISHED
- December Next
Force wipe dates 2027
- January Upcoming
- February Upcoming
- March Upcoming
- April Upcoming
- May Upcoming
- June Upcoming
- July Upcoming
- August Upcoming
- September Upcoming
- October Upcoming
- November Upcoming
- December Upcoming
Dates follow the first-Thursday rule. If Facepunch moves an update, the official announcement takes precedence. Past months link to the update notes on Steam.
What gets wiped at a force wipe
A force wipe is Facepunch's monthly update. Every server running the game has to update to the new version, and that is why almost all servers wipe around the same time.
Map
AlwaysThe map is reset on updated servers. Structures, items and inventories on the old map are gone.
Blueprints
DependsWhether blueprints are wiped too is not fixed. Facepunch states it in the update notes, and server owners can decide differently on their own server. Many servers announce a blueprint wipe with the force wipe, others keep blueprints.
These are servers we track that wipe today or in the next days. Most times are estimates based on each server's wipe history or on what the owner announced, so a server can wipe earlier or later than shown.
Wiping today
Confirmed Confirmed by the server ownerEstimated Estimated from wipe historyUncertain Estimated from wipe history, but less certain than usual.How we predict →
Confirmed Confirmed by the server ownerEstimated Estimated from wipe historyUncertain Estimated from wipe history, but less certain than usual.How we predict →
Wiping this week
Rust wipe schedule: common questions
When is the next Rust force wipe?
The next force wipe is on 03 Dec 2026 at 19:00 London time. It always lands on the first Thursday of the month.
What time is the Rust force wipe?
At 19:00 London time. London switches between GMT and BST, so the time in your own zone can shift by an hour at the end of March and October.
When do Rust servers wipe?
Most servers wipe on a fixed rhythm, for example weekly or biweekly on the same weekday and time, and almost all of them wipe again at the monthly force wipe. The exact day and time is set by each server owner. On just-wiped you can see today's and this week's expected wipes above, and every server page shows its own next wipe.
What is the difference between a map wipe and a blueprint wipe?
A map wipe resets the world, bases and items. A blueprint wipe additionally resets learned blueprints. Force wipes always include a map wipe; blueprint wipes depend on Facepunch and the server owner.
How accurate are the estimated wipe times?
They are estimates from each server's past wipes and from what owners announce. They can be off, especially for servers that change their schedule. We mark every estimated time as such and never promise an exact wipe.
Why are some servers missing?
We only list servers we track. Servers we do not track, or that block our queries, do not appear.