Next Rust Update
Facepunch ships the monthly update and forced map wipe together, on the first Thursday of the month at 19:00 UTC. Full schedule on the wipe timer.
Nothing is confirmed for the next update yet — pre-release details usually start appearing a week or two before wipe day. The countdown above is always accurate; check back closer to the date, or see what shipped last time below.
Breach and Clear
3 September 2026 — Slows the opening hours of a wipe and taxes big groups: monument blockers wall off the red-keycard puzzle rooms until someone spends the damage on them, and Tool Cupboards now charge extra upkeep scaled to how many players are authed on the base. Also adds High Quality Metal ore nodes to the island, ties the Drone Marketplace to last month's Power Plant grid, and finally gives the Attack Helicopter a counter — its cockpit armour now falls away panel by panel as it takes damage, exposing the pilot and gunner.
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