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September 2026 Update
The current Rust season ends on October 1, 2026. 21 days left.
Season ended This Rust season has ended. The next season's dates appear here as soon as the publisher confirms them.
In your time zone 18:00 UTC on Oct 1
| Location | Local time | Local date |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:00 PDT | Oct 1 |
| Chicago | 13:00 CDT | Oct 1 |
| New York | 14:00 EDT | Oct 1 |
| São Paulo | 15:00 GMT-3 | Oct 1 |
| London | 19:00 BST | Oct 1 |
| Berlin | 20:00 CEST | Oct 1 |
| Moscow | 21:00 GMT+3 | Oct 1 |
| New Delhi | 23:30 GMT+5:30 | Oct 1 |
| Singapore | 02:00 GMT+8 | Oct 2 +1 day |
| Tokyo | 03:00 GMT+9 | Oct 2 +1 day |
| Sydney | 04:00 GMT+10 | Oct 2 +1 day |
The end date is the publisher’s own timestamp, taken from an official announcement or the in-game season panel.
Every date is re-checked nightly. Historical cadence is context only — an official date always replaces an estimate, the same day, and the correction records what the date was changed from.
Rust September 2026 Update ends on October 1, 2026 (verified September 4, 2026). Rust does not run seasons; it runs wipes. Facepunch ships a monthly update on the first Thursday of every month at 19:00 UK time, and that update forces a simultaneous map and blueprint wipe on every server with no opt-out. The current cycle is the September 2026 Update, a gameplay refresh rather than an expansion: Tool Cupboard upkeep now scales with the number of players authorised on it, taxing large-group compounds far more than solo bases, the Medical Honey Bandage arrives as a Tier 1 heal, rare High Quality Metal nodes are seeded across the map, and temporary Monument Blockades slow Red Keycard progression. The countdown above runs to the next force wipe, on the first Thursday of October.
The next Rust force wipe hits Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 18:00 UTC (2:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM PT, 20:00 CEST). Facepunch Studios ships a monthly update on the first Thursday of every month at 19:00 UK time — 18:00 UTC during British Summer Time, 19:00 UTC after the UK clocks change in late October — and that update forces a simultaneous map + BP wipe across every Rust server, with no exceptions and no opt-out.
The current cycle is the September 2026 update, which launched September 3, 2026. It is a gameplay refresh headlined by group-scaled Tool Cupboard upkeep — base maintenance now costs more as more players are authorized on the TC — alongside the Medical Honey Bandage, new High Quality Metal nodes, and temporary Monument Blockades that slow Red Keycard progression.
The September 2026 update launched September 3, 2026 at 18:00 UTC and headlines the current wipe cycle. Its marquee change is group-scaled Tool Cupboard upkeep: the more players authorized on a base's TC, the higher its hourly upkeep climbs, making large-clan compounds far more expensive to hold while leaving solo and small-group bases largely untouched.
The patch also adds the Medical Honey Bandage — a Tier 1 healing item that restores health instantly, heals over time and reduces bleeding — seeds rare High Quality Metal nodes and ground pickups across the map after the wipe, and places temporary Monument Blockades that slow Red Keycard progression. All progress resets on October 1 when the next monthly force wipe hits.
Rust runs on monthly force wipes shipped by Facepunch on the first Thursday of each month at 19:00 UK time (18:00 UTC during British Summer Time, 19:00 UTC in winter). The cycle before the September update was the Heavy Fuse Update (August 6 – September 3, 28 days), preceded by Common Ground (July 2 – August 6, 35 days), Built Different (June 4 – July 2, 28 days), Upgrade Hard, Raid Harder (May 7 – June 4, 28 days), and Spring Clean (April 2 – May 7, 35 days).
Some community servers wipe more often (weekly BP wipes, biweekly map wipes), but every server must wipe on force-wipe Thursday when the monthly patch drops.
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Rust September 2026 Update ends on October 1, 2026 (verified September 4, 2026).
The next Rust force wipe is Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 18:00 UTC (2:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM PT). Facepunch ships a mandatory monthly update on the first Thursday of every month that wipes every Rust server simultaneously.
Facepunch's monthly force wipe lands at 19:00 UK time — 18:00 UTC during British Summer Time (2:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM PT, 20:00 CEST), shifting to 19:00 UTC after the UK clocks change in late October. The countdown above tracks it to the second.
Rust force wipes fall on the first Thursday of every month at 19:00 UK time (18:00 UTC in summer, 19:00 UTC in winter). Upcoming dates: Oct 1, 2026, Nov 5, 2026, Dec 3, 2026, Jan 7, 2027, and Feb 4, 2027. There are no exceptions and no opt-out for community servers.
The current cycle is the September 2026 update, which launched September 3, 2026. It is a gameplay refresh headlined by group-scaled Tool Cupboard upkeep, the new Medical Honey Bandage healing item, additional High Quality Metal nodes, and temporary Monument Blockades that slow Red Keycard progression. It ends when the October 1, 2026 force wipe hits.
The next monthly Rust update lands with the October 1, 2026 force wipe. Facepunch typically reveals each month's headline feature on its staging branch and devblog about a week before the wipe, so the October patch's marquee item is not yet detailed. This page updates once it is announced.
No. Rust does not use a battle pass model. Facepunch sells cosmetic skins separately (in-game store and Steam Marketplace) but there is no time-limited seasonal pass to complete.
Rust September 2026 Update ends at October 1, 2026 at 18:00 UTC. In local time that is 14:00 EDT on Oct 1 in New York, 11:00 PDT on Oct 1 in Los Angeles, 19:00 BST on Oct 1 in London, 20:00 CEST on Oct 1 in Berlin, 03:00 GMT+9 on Oct 2 in Tokyo. Every conversion is derived from the official UTC timestamp, so cities east of UTC can already be on the following calendar day when the season closes.
Last verified September 4, 2026 ggseason.com