Rust server wipe schedule
Every public Rust server wipes at the monthly force wipe; many wipe again on a day and hour of their own. This page files what servers actually did, not what they promise. Read the heatmap by day and hour, note the busiest wipe day and hour, and check the next and last wipes for any entry. See also the force wipe countdown and servers just wiped.
Next force wipe
–days –hours –min –sec On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UK time (19:00 UTC), in 9 days and 1 hour. Every server wipes. Force wipe countdown → Due backWiping in the next 24 hours
176 servers with players on, expected to wipe by this time tomorrow View upcoming wipes → ReturnedWiped in the last 24 hours
527 servers with players on that put up a new map since this time yesterday View just wiped →Circulation summary
- busiest wipe day
- Thursday31% of all wipes
- busiest wipe hour, UTC
- 18:0012% of wipes in that hour
- second busiest wipe hour, UTC
- 17:0010% of wipes in that hour
- wipe monthly
- 30%3,518 servers · 26% of players
- wipe weekly
- 14%1,623 servers · 49% of players
- wipe every two weeks
- 9%1,105 servers · 10% of players
When servers wipe, hour by hour through the week
UTC · the last 4 weeks. The darker the ink, the more wipes in that hour.
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | all | |
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| Mon | 3,723 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tue | 3,029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | 3,409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thu | 11,633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fri | 7,704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat | 4,309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun | 3,737 |
Restarts are left out: a new map less than six hours after the last counts as the same wipe. Times are UTC: UK time is the same in winter and an hour ahead in summer; US East is five hours behind in winter and four in summer.
Wipe days
- Mon 10% 3,723
- Tue 8% 3,029
- Wed 9% 3,409
- Thu 31% 11,633
- Fri 21% 7,704
- Sat 11% 4,309
- Sun 10% 3,737
What servers say they do
- 47%Not published
- 30%Monthly
- 14%Weekly
- 9%Every two weeks
From the schedule tag a server publishes. "Not published" servers wipe when they like; the force wipe catches all of them.
Force wipes ahead
- next
- Thu 5 Nov 2026, 19:00 GMT
- then
- Thu 3 Dec 2026, 19:00 GMT
- then
- Thu 7 Jan 2027, 19:00 GMT
The first Thursday of every month at 19:00 UK time, with the game update. Last one: Thursday 1 October.
Wiping soon
- 19h 230/ 275
- 20h 131/ 100
- 21h 127/ 150
- 20h 115/ 200
- 19h 86/ 200
Just wiped
- 3h 1515/ 1650
- 17h 1267/ 1500
- 2h 784/ 800
- 3h 741/ 750
- 3h 737/ 775
Questions
3 enquiries on file, answered by the catalogue.
Enquiry 01When do Rust servers wipe?
All servers wipe at the monthly force wipe, when the game updates on the first Thursday of the month. Between force wipes, each server keeps its own rhythm: weekly, biweekly or monthly are the usual ones. The heatmap on this page is built from wipes recorded over the last weeks, so it shows the days and hours servers actually use.
Enquiry 02What time do servers usually wipe?
Owners set the hour, and most pick an evening in their server's home region so players are around for the fresh start. The heatmap counts wipes by hour in UTC. UK time runs one hour ahead of UTC in summer; US Eastern is four hours behind in summer and five in winter.
Enquiry 03What is the difference between a map wipe and a blueprint wipe?
A map wipe starts a fresh world: bases, loot and everything placed on the map are gone. A blueprint wipe also clears what players have learned to craft. Many servers map-wipe on their own schedule and hold blueprint wipes for the force wipe, or never; the server entry states which.