How to wipe a Rust server

Stop the server, delete the map and save files, start it again. For a blueprint wipe, delete the blueprint file too.

server/<your server identity>/

procedural....map delete: the mapprocedural....sav delete: the worldplayer.blueprints.*.db delete for a blueprint wipe onlyplayer.deaths.*.db keepplayer.identities.*.db keepcfg/ keep: admins, bans, settings

Or let Claude Code do it

Prompt for Claude Code

Do a map wipe on my Rust server. It runs on this Linux machine, and its save folder is server/YOUR_IDENTITY inside the Rust server folder.

1. Find how the server is started and stopped, and tell me.
2. Stop the server.
3. Copy the save folder to a backup named with today's date.
4. Show me the .map and .sav files you will delete, and wait for my yes.
5. Delete them. Keep the cfg folder and every player.*.db file.
6. Start the server again.

If I ask for a blueprint wipe, also delete player.blueprints.*.db in step 5.

When is the forced wipe?

The first Thursday of every month at 19:00 London time, when Facepunch updates the game. Only the map is forced to wipe. Blueprints stay unless you delete the blueprint file too.

Map wipe or blueprint wipe?

A map wipe resets the world and every base; players keep what they have learned. A blueprint wipe also deletes every learned blueprint, so everyone starts from zero.

How do I change the map size or seed?

Set server.worldsize and server.seed in your start settings, then do a map wipe. A new size or seed is a new map. On a rented server it is a setting in your host's panel: World size on G-Portal, World Size and Seed on Shockbyte.

+server.worldsize 4000 +server.seed 12345

How do I use a custom map?

Point server.levelurl at the map file's download address. The server downloads it and loads it instead of making one.

+server.levelurl "https://example.com/your-map.map"

I rent my server

On Shockbyte, stop the server, open the Files tab, go to /server/my_server_identity and delete the same files. Its Tasks tab can also schedule map, blueprint or full wipes. On G-Portal, stop the server, connect by FTP and delete them in /Release/server/my_server_identity/.

Coming soon: plan the wipe, let players vote on the map and wipe on the hour, from Rust On Top's admin console.

See the console

Checked on 7 October 2026 against Rust's October update, on our own server.