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Game updates · Update · 13 March 2025

Premium Servers

TL;DR of the Facepunch post, by Wipe Board
Wipe impact
This is not a monthly force wipe update. It landed on Thursday 13 March 2025, a week after the March wipe, and only the new official premium servers started on a wipe of their own. Facepunch says community run premium officials keep their own blueprint wipe schedules, which are listed on their sites and Discords.
Matters most to
Players who keep running into cheaters and already own at least $15 of Rust skins, plus server owners deciding whether to flip server.premium on.
Next force wipe
Thursday 03 September

What changed

ServersPremium Servers are only visible to accounts that meet the $15 inventory threshold. The threshold was first announced at $20 and lowered after Facepunch compared banned accounts with regular players across millions of accounts.Anti-cheatThe stated aim is a more secure environment with less cheating. Facepunch says this will not stop every cheat user, only add friction against disposable cheat accounts, and that the threshold may change or gain further factors over time.Quality of lifeNew purchases can take up to 20 minutes to register against premium authorisation, depending on Steam traffic. Status can be refreshed by hand from the server listings by clicking the premium tag and then the refresh icon, and premium status shows on the main menu avatar.Official serversNew official premium servers wiped fresh for launch and wipe monthly, split across Europe, Europe East, and the west and east of North America, each region with four servers plus a small one. Community run officials from Rusticated, Rustopia, Rustafied, Rustoria, RPlayRust and Moose wipe weekly and set their own blueprint schedules.Account securityFacepunch recommends the Steam mobile authenticator, both for account protection and for faster skin trades between friends. All Rust skin trades are logged.

See which servers wipe today Original post on Steam

Full patch notes from Facepunch

Reproduced as published by Facepunch (640 words); "we" in this section means Facepunch. Images and text belong to Facepunch Studios.

Today at 19:00 UTC, we're issuing a mandatory update - We are rolling out Premium Servers, an experimental way to filter out cheat users and create a better experience for legit players. To access Premium Servers, your Rust Steam inventory must be valued at $15 or more. This includes items from the Permanent Item Store, such as building skins, décor packs, and hazmat skins, as well as any other tradable Rust items with an attached value. Currently we do not include Rust's standalone DLC such as Instruments, Sunburn and Voice Props packs (this may change in future). We initially communicated a $20 threshold, but after analysing data from millions of accounts, we've settled on $15 as a more effective starting point. This is based on a comparison of banned accounts versus regular players, aiming to strike a balance between accessibility and cheat deterrence, although opting on the lower end. If we encounter any abuse or exploitation of Premium servers or the market, user accounts will be banned. All trades of Rust skins are logged.

SERVERS

There are currently several new freshly wiped official premium servers going live today at 19:00 UTC. To connect to these servers, you'll find them in the official server list or connect directly from the mainmenu, open the console by pressing F1 and typing "connect" followed by the IP or endpoint. For example, "connect eupremium.rustopia.gg" or "connect 79.137.98.213:28015"

MONTHLY MAP WIPES:

EU Facepunch EU East Facepunch US West Facepunch US East Facepunch

WEEKLY MAP WIPES:

US Community Officials EU Community Officials AU/Asia Community Officials Community-run officials may have their own separate blueprint wipe schedules. We recommend seeking out their individual discords/website for specifics.

LOOKING AHEAD

We will stress, this is an experiment, and we’ll be closely monitoring its impact. We will know more in the upcoming months if this is something we can expand upon and refine. We will also take this opportunity to also encourage everyone to set up and use Steam's mobile authenticator. It both protects your account from intruders, and also allows quicker Steam/Rust skin trades among friends.

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Questions

Does the Premium Servers update wipe servers?

This is not a monthly force wipe update. It landed on Thursday 13 March 2025, a week after the March wipe, and only the new official premium servers started on a wipe of their own. Facepunch says community run premium officials keep their own blueprint wipe schedules, which are listed on their sites and Discords.

What changed in the Premium Servers update?

Facepunch rolled out Premium Servers in a mandatory update on Thursday 13 March 2025 at 19:00 UTC. A Rust Steam inventory valued at $15 or more is needed to see and join a Premium Server. Permanent Item Store skins and other tradable Rust items count towards the threshold, but standalone DLC such as Instruments, Sunburn and Voice Props does not. Server owners opt in with the convar server.premium 1, and premium servers carry a clickable Premium tag in the listings. Freshly wiped official premium servers went live in Europe and North America, alongside community run officials that wipe weekly.

Who does this update matter for?

Players who keep running into cheaters and already own at least $15 of Rust skins, plus server owners deciding whether to flip server.premium on.

Summary written by Claude for Wipe Board from the official post and checked against it. Wipe Board is independent and not affiliated with Facepunch Studios.