Rust
Wipe Countdown
Every Rust server runs on two separate clocks. Force wipe belongs to Facepunch and arrives on the first Thursday of each month alongside the monthly update; the weekly wipe is whenever your server's admin chose.
Wipe Countdown
Facepunch sets force wipe. Your admin sets the weekly wipe, so enter it below.
All times are UTC. Force wipe is 19:00 UK time on the month’s first Thursday: 18:00 UTC from April to October, 19:00 UTC otherwise.
Next force wipe
Map seed and blueprints reset
Next weekly wipe
Map only, on most servers
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How the numbers are worked out
The force wipe countdown comes straight from the calendar: 19:00 UK time on the first Thursday of this month, or of next month if this one’s has gone. That is 18:00 UTC from April to October, while the UK is on summer time, and 19:00 UTC the rest of the year. The weekly countdown is just the next time your chosen day and hour comes round. Both tick against UTC using your browser’s clock, so they update without a reload.
The formula
- force wipe = first Thursday of the month, 19:00 UK time (18:00 UTC April-October)
- weekly wipe = next chosen weekday at the chosen UTC hour
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Common mistakes
A force wipe resets the map; blueprints are only wiped when Facepunch announces a blueprint wipe for that month, so check the update notes rather than assuming. The two clocks are not interchangeable. Expect some downtime as well: Facepunch ships the update at that same moment, so for a while after 19:00 UK time many servers are offline or restarting before they are wiped and joinable.
Why the hour moves in summer
Facepunch fixes the force wipe to 19:00 in the UK, not to a UTC hour. From April to October the UK runs on summer time, so the wipe happens at 18:00 UTC; from November to March it is 19:00 UTC. The countdown above follows the same rule, which is why the force wipe time it shows changes by an hour between, say, March and April.
Console Rust is different
These dates are for Rust on PC. The console edition is run by a different studio on its own update calendar, so a console server's wipe does not follow the first-Thursday schedule.
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