Next Rust force wipe
First Thursday of every month. Every server, every map, no exceptions. Here's the clock — and a fresh server to drop into the second it lands.
Next force wipe
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- Last force wipe
The next Rust force wipe is on Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 19:00 UTC (19:00 UTC your time). Rust force wipes on the first Thursday of every month when Facepunch releases the monthly update: every server, official or community, must generate a new map. Blueprints are only wiped when Facepunch says so, and Tea Time never wipes them.
Wipe day on Tea Time
Where to drop when the map lands
Everyone starts at zero on wipe day. Here's how to be the one who isn't.
Fresh map, kept blueprints
Our 2x Trio wipes the map on force day at 18:00 UTC — then weekly on Fridays. Blueprints stay yours. Hard Solo/Duo/Trio limits and offline-raid protection, so you can log off without logging out of life.
- Map wipe only — your blueprints stay unlocked
- Hard Trio limit, no zergs
- Offline-raid protection
- Never pay-to-raid
Never wipes. Build the wipe base first.
Design your wipe-day base on a build server that never resets, raid-test it against NPCs that push like real players, then save it — in game, it's one code away on wipe day.
- Free, no whitelist, global low ping
- Free MLRS to raid-test your design
- Thousands of community bases to remix
Map still generating?
Force wipe night means queues and loading screens. Jump into a 1v1 while you wait — there's a prize pool on the line.
Best bases to build this wipe
A wipe-day base for your team size
Strong for their size: community bases from the last year with a measured raid cost that makes offliners think twice. Pick yours, save it, and it's one code away in game.
Solo/Duo bases
All Solo/Duo bases
Trio/Quad bases
All Trio/Quad bases
Small group (5–8) bases
All Small group (5–8) bases
Large group (8+) bases
All Large group (8+) bases
Get pinged before the force wipe
We post the wipe countdown, the update's headline changes and the fresh-map server link in our community channels. Join one and you'll never log in a day late.
The basics
What is a force wipe?
Once a month Facepunch ships a Rust update that changes how the world generates. Old maps can't load on the new build, so every server on earth has to roll a fresh one. Players call it the force wipe, the forced wipe, or just wipe day.
It's the only wipe no server can dodge. Weekly, biweekly and monthly servers keep their own schedules the rest of the month — on force wipe week they all line up.
Why Thursday, and why 19:00 London? Facepunch is a UK studio, and shipping on Thursday evening leaves Friday to hotfix before the weekend peak. In summer that is 18:00 UTC, in winter 19:00 UTC.
Mark the calendar
Upcoming Rust force wipe dates
First Thursday of each month, 19:00 UTC. The right column is your own time zone.
| Month | Date (UTC) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| December 2026Next | — | |
| January 2027 | — | |
| February 2027 | — | |
| March 2027 | — | |
| April 2027 | — | |
| May 2027 | — | |
| June 2027 | — | |
| July 2027 | — | |
| August 2027 | — | |
| September 2027 | — | |
| October 2027 | — | |
| November 2027 | — |
Facepunch's update occasionally slips by an hour or two, and the exact restart minute is each server's own. Tea Time's 2x Trio wipes at 18:00 UTC on force day.
What resets
What gets wiped on force wipe day?
Map
Always. A new seed is generated, so every base, deployable, item and monument puzzle state is gone on every server in the game.
Blueprints
Only when Facepunch says so. Most monthly updates are map-only; a blueprint wipe is announced in the update notes a few times a year, and many servers choose to reset BPs anyway.
On Tea Time
Map only. We never wipe blueprints, force day included — the tech you unlocked stays unlocked, so coming back after a week away doesn't put you behind.
Never wiped
Your Steam inventory, skins and achievements survive every wipe — and so do the bases you saved on the Tea Time build server, ready to drop onto the fresh map.
FAQ
Rust force wipe questions
Wipe day is coming. Be ready.
Build it on the build server today, drop it on the fresh map at 18:00 UTC.
Wipe reminders on Discord