Rust wipe schedule
Force wipe resets every Rust server at once. Between those monthly resets, owners pick their own day and hour, and that is where clan plans get made or broken. On this page you can see the force wipe countdown, the days and hours wipes actually happened across 36,382 recent wipes, and how many servers run weekly, biweekly or monthly. If your squad plays together, aim for a wipe that starts when they can all be online.
When servers wipe, hour by hour through the week
| 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 | 3,703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tue | 2,938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | 3,175 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thu | 11,457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fri | 7,392 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat | 4,183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun | 3,534 |
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
share of wipesWhat servers say they do
servers online nowFrom the schedule tag a server publishes. "Not published" servers wipe when they like; the force wipe catches all of them.
Force wipes ahead
countdownThe first Thursday of every month at 19:00 UK time, with the game update. Last one: Thursday 1 October.
Wiping soon
all upcomingJust wiped
all fresh wipesQuestions
Q-01When is the next Rust force wipe?
Force wipe runs on the first Thursday of every month, and the countdown at the top of this page tracks it to the hour. Facepunch ships the game update at that time, and every official and community server restarts on a fresh map. Blueprints usually go too, so plan your clan's first run before it hits.
Q-02Which day and hour do most Rust wipes happen?
Across the wipes we have logged, Thursday is the busiest day of the week, with most starts landing in the evening of the server's home region. The heatmap above breaks the last weeks down by day and hour, in UTC, so you can line a wipe up with when your group is actually online rather than guessing.
Q-03How often do Rust servers wipe outside force wipe?
It depends on the server: many run weekly or biweekly, some stay monthly and let force wipe do the work, and a few run longer cycles. The counts on this page show how the 36,382 servers we track split across those rhythms. Check a server's own page for its exact schedule and team limit before you commit the clan.