When is the next Rust wipe?
November force wipe
Expected 20:00 Berlin
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What is in the November 2026 update?
Written with AI. How this page is made
Work already on the release path for the 5 November force wipe includes a rework of livestock ownership and selling, doubled food and water drain while sprinting, part-built engines in wild modular cars and default gamepad support. A lighthouse rework, a tea nerf and an Uzi are only on feature branches and may not arrive this month.
- FarmingLivestock ownership simplified and old age removed
- FarmingNew potential stat decides livestock sale value
- BalanceSprinting doubles calorie and water use
VehiclesWild modular cars spawn with half an engine- Quality of lifeGamepad support enabled by default
How Rust wipes work
- Force wipe
- First Thursday of every month, when Facepunch ships the monthly update. Every server gets a fresh map and everything built on it is gone. Practically every server follows it, because the new build usually will not load the old map anyway.
- Blueprint wipe
- Separate from the map. Official servers reset learned blueprints on force wipe; community servers set their own blueprint policy, so some carry your knowledge across. Check the server before you commit a wipe to it.
- Weekly and biweekly wipes
- The server owner's choice, usually a fresh map on a fixed weekday to keep the server from stagnating between force wipes. Blueprints normally survive these.
More detail in the Rust wipe schedule guide.
The next Rust force wipe dates
| Force wipe | Europe/Berlin | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 5 November 2026 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| Thu, 3 December 2026 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| Thu, 7 January 2027 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| Thu, 4 February 2027 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| Thu, 4 March 2027 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
Why only the UTC time changes
Facepunch has kept to the first Thursday for years, so these are safe to plan around. The Berlin hour never moves because the timer is anchored to London; it is the UTC column that shifts by an hour across the European clock change.
Common questions
What time does Rust force wipe?
Facepunch's default wipe timer is anchored to 19:00 London time on the first Thursday of the month, so the UK hour never moves and Central Europe reads 20:00 all year. What moves is UTC: 18:00 through European summer time and 19:00 through winter. The wipe cannot finish before the monthly update publishes, which lands around 2 PM US Eastern, so in practice servers come back fresh between 20:00 and 21:00 Central European time.
Do blueprints wipe every month in Rust?
Force wipe resets every map. Whether blueprints go with it is each server's own policy: official servers wipe them on the first Thursday, and community servers choose. That is why a server list says “map wipe” or “BP wipe” rather than just “wipe”, and it is worth checking before you pick where to play.
How do I know when the Rust update has actually released?
Facepunch cuts the build to the Steam release branch first, then updates the dedicated server app, then the client. This page tracks those from Steam, and the Oxide and Carbon framework releases from GitHub, so you can see which have shipped before you restart Steam.
Find a server to wipe on
- Update news and the weekly devblog cover what Facepunch ships and what they are building between wipes.
- Seasonal events lists when the Halloween, Christmas and Easter events start and end.
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