Force wipe August 2027: Thursday 5 August
The August 2027 Rust force wipe is Thursday 5 August 2027 at 19:00 UK time (18:00 UTC · 2:00 PM US Eastern). Facepunch releases the monthly update at that moment and every Rust server wipes its map as it installs it, most within the first hour. Blueprints reset only where the server owner scheduled a BP wipe or Facepunch announced a global one.
Force wipe time by timezone
Your own time: Thursday 5 August 2027, 18:00 UTC. Facepunch keeps 19:00 UK year-round, so the UTC time is 18:00 in British Summer Time and 19:00 in winter.
See every server wiping todayAll force wipe datesThe update that ships with the August 2027 force wipe
Facepunch publishes the patch notes on the day. The summary appears on Rust updates, explained within the hour: what changed, whether blueprints wipe, and who it matters for.
Servers scheduled to wipe at the August 2027 force wipe
No server has this force wipe in its declared schedule yet; owners usually add it in the last two weeks. The board lists them as they appear.
Force wipe by month
Questions
When is the Rust force wipe in August 2027?
Thursday 5 August 2027 at 19:00 UK time, which is 18:00 UTC and 2:00 PM US Eastern. Force wipes are on the first Thursday of every month, when Facepunch releases the monthly update.
What time is the August 2027 force wipe in my timezone?
UK: 19:00 BST; Central Europe: 20:00 CEST; UTC: 18:00 UTC; US Eastern: 14:00 EDT; US Pacific: 11:00 PDT; Brazil: 15:00 -03; Türkiye: 21:00 +03; Japan: 03:00 JST on Fri 6 Aug; Sydney: 04:00 AEST on Fri 6 Aug.
Does every server wipe at the August 2027 force wipe?
Every server's map wipes when it installs the monthly update, usually within an hour of release. Whether blueprints wipe too is up to each server: it happens only where the owner scheduled a BP wipe or Facepunch announced a global one. On Wipe Board, 0 servers currently show a scheduled wipe within three hours of the update.
What should I do on force wipe day?
Pick the server before the update lands (the board's Today tab lists every wipe in your local time), be online at release, and expect 5 to 30 minutes of downtime while servers install the update. Population peaks in the first three hours.
Dates follow Facepunch's fixed cadence (first Thursday of the month, 19:00 UK); the patch notes at rust.facepunch.com are the final word if a release shifts by a day. Scheduled and observed wipes come from Wipe Board's own data, read directly from the game servers via Steam. How Wipe Board works.