Live countdown to the next forced map wipe, monthly blueprint wipe and console wipe. Plan your group, stock up, and never miss a Rust wipe day again.
All times shown in your local timezone. Rust forced wipes fire at 2 PM ET (≈ 19:00 UTC) on the first Thursday of every month alongside the monthly Facepunch update.
Every forced wipe for the next six months, combined. Plan ahead for group rallies, streams or events.
A plain-English breakdown of the four wipe types and how to prepare for each.
A wipe is a server-wide reset that deletes progress so everyone starts from scratch. Facepunch forces monthly map wipes on official servers so no one gets so entrenched that new players can't compete. Community servers each set their own wipe cadence (weekly, biweekly, or custom).
Every first Thursday of the month at 2 PM ET (≈ 19:00 UTC), Facepunch ships the monthly update and forces official servers to wipe the map. Structures, storage and players are deleted, and on official servers blueprints reset on the same day.
On modern official servers blueprints reset every month, on the same first-Thursday force wipe as the map. Everyone loses their research progress and starts fresh. Some community servers keep blueprints across map wipes or run their own BP cadence, so always check the server.
Rust Console Edition runs on its own schedule. Force wipes land on the last Thursday of each month at 2 PM ET, one full month behind the current PC build.
Community servers pick their own schedule: most wipe weekly on Thursdays, some biweekly, a few daily for no-build-cost servers. Check the server description in the in-game browser or the owner's Discord; some hosts publish a wipe schedule page on their website.
In the 48 hours before a force wipe: finalize group rosters, agree on a starting location, pre-download any map mods or patches, clear your inventory of anything that will not carry, and be online at wipe time to grab prime beach real estate. Prime grids go fast.