A new month means it's time once again for the forced server wipe in Rust. This time around, the Rust July 2026 wipe includes the Common Ground update. This includes new features such as rentable shops, the apartment complex, a new clan system, and plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life updates. Want to know what to expect and when the wipe hits? Take a look below for the biggest Rust July wipe news!

Rust July 2026 Wipe Date

As of July 2, 2026, at 2PM EDT, the Rusty July wipe has gone live! As usual, this Rust wipe resets the entire map and all players' blueprints. That makes it a fantastic time to jump in, start over fresh, and take a look at all of the new bells and whistles that the Common Ground update has to offer.

What’s New in the Rust July 2026 Wipe?

As always, this server wipe is paired with a new content-rich update. As mentioned above, this month's update is called Common Ground. With it, there have been plenty of new gameplay system additions. Including some that will make this particular wipe more accessible to new players than ever before!

The Apartment Complex

So the wipe has arrived, and your base has been destroyed along with it. It takes some time to gather the necessary materials to create a new one. But now, with the Apartment Complex, you won't have to huddle in the woods while your base is built! This new monument allows players to have a simple home right after a wipe. Head to the Apartment Complex, talk with the receptionist, and you can select an apartment that fits your budget. Something small or even a penthouse if you can afford it. Each room comes with different perks such as storage, furnaces, and more. Just be aware that you need to place some scrap in the slot next to your rented room. If you don't, you will be evicted and will forfeit all possessions stored in the room. Lovely! Of course, there's also a master key hidden on the island that will grant you access to any occupied room. Find it, and treat yourself to someone else's hard work!

Rentable Shops

Next to the Apartment Complex, there is also a small marketplace. These rentable shops can be purchased by players and allow them to sell their hard-earned loot to others. You'll need plenty of scrap to rent the store, but it takes money to make money. Once your store is open for business, you can modify sale prices, adjust your stock, and even give the shop a personal touch with some limited customization options. Again, be aware that the elusive master key can be used to swindle shop owners, too. It will grant you access to a store and all its goods.

Increased Resource Gathering

A monthly wipe might make starting over feel like a huge task. While there's still plenty to do, now you can get things done a whole lot quicker. Resource gathering now has a two-times multiplier on it to give you twice as much ore, wood, food, and animal loot.

Raid Windows

There are now pre-defined time windows for when players can raid one another. This is to make things a little easier on more casual players who might not be ready for a raid at all times. By default, raids can only occur between 6PM and 9PM in your local time. When it's raid time, it's Rust chaos and carnage as usual. When it isn't raid time, building blocks and doors cannot be raided. Meanwhile, deployables are still fair game.

Clan System

Rust has allowed players to form and join teams, but the new clan system is a more advanced iteration. This allows you to have more members, designated roles, and more. To make and manage your clan, you'll have to use a Clan Table. Keep in mind that clans are disabled when you're playing in hardcore mode.

Improved Animations

The developers are continuing to use new animation tools to bring new levels of detail to the game. This month, animations for sprinting with rifles and wielding one-handed weapons have been added. These are all to make the characters look less robotic and improve overall immersion as you're running around.

Much, Much More!

We've only scratched the surface of everything coming in the Common Ground update. There is a new Glowing Wallpaper pack, adjustments to footstep frequency, a new player model when looking at your inventory, and much more. You can read about every little detail on the official Rust site.

Rust July Wipe 2026 Patch Notes

New Features

• Apartment Complex Monument
• Rentable Stores
• Added an experimental shadow caching mode for improved shadow rendering performance
• (Softcore) Added 2x gathering rate
• (Softcore) Added raid windows
• Added a demo compatibility layer

Improvements

• New sprinting animation system while holding rifles
• Hunting Trophies can now show player skins
• Demo cfg files now rerun whenever the demo is restarted
• New animation controller for the vanilla hatchet
• Removed texture projectors that could cause performance loss
• Optimized weapon rack config scripts to use `PrefabAttribute`
• Added a new method for setting entity flags within a disposable scope to reduce unnecessary entity snapshot sends
• Replaced deprecated `FindObjectsOfType` with faster unsorted `FindObjectsByType`
• Reduced persistent server heap memory usage for `WorldPositionGenerator` missions and improved execution speed
• Turrets using burst-fire-only weapons (M16A2) now correctly use burst-fire
• Added a screen explaining Softcore mode
• Improved main menu notifications
• Computer station UI now scales with the UI scale convar
• Added a quality setting for the inventory player preview
• Set `UsePlayerUpdateJobs 3` as the default
• Removed allocations from PlayerVoice processing
• Reduced per-frame player server state caching
• Cleaned up numerous memory allocations (~15 sources)
• Reduced draw calls by approximately 15–20% when rendering meshes using occlusion and batching
• Demo browser now automatically refreshes when opened
• Vending machines, fridges, and wall cabinets now support storage adaptor sorting
• Improved placement error messages for industrial piping
• Reskinning/crafting UI now highlights the currently applied skin

Fixes

• Reduced long-session voice chat delay
• Fixed leg jittering when holding a torch on horseback
• Fixed `cinematic_play` and `cinematic_stop` command issues
• Fixed Abyss torch animation logic
• Fixed Wanted Poster text disappearing near deep sea areas
• Fixed standing animation when rapidly switching items while seated
• Fixed Modular Car seat clipping with new player models
• Fixed body parts culling too early, especially on ragdolls
• Fixed phones attaching incorrectly while in use
• Fixed Ladder Hatch unlocking after learning the Elevator blueprint
• Removed duplicate `client.SetPlayerSeed` convar
• Fixed riot helmet reskinning issues
• Fixed shield power bar remaining visible after disconnecting
• Fixed excessive motorbike hit reaction animations
• Fixed female censorship effect appearing while clothed
• Fixed a rare occlusion culling error
• (Softcore) Fixed reclaim terminal including torch and rock skins
• Fixed LR300 Space skin ammo display
• Fixed held entities appearing during gestures
• Fixed stale NPC conversations after reconnecting
• Fixed Ladder Hatch shadow rendering with `graphics.aggressiveShadowLod`
• Fixed M16A2 low-FPS firing animations
• Fixed ballistic leg armor movement/drop sounds
• Fixed store cart button overlapping the friends list
• Fixed painting keybinds in the painting menu
• Fixed F1 console input losing focus during connect/disconnect
• Fixed wires not following doors correctly
• Fixed blurry wires on moving boats with motion blur
• Fixed pasted text disappearing from the console
• Fixed console timestamps using UTC instead of local time
• Fixed contact menu mugshot resolution
• Fixed connecting fuel tanks together
• Fixed wallpaper placement on finished boats
• Fixed Escape key not closing console while using a computer station
• Fixed painting tool switching after using the color picker at low FPS
• Fixed missing friends list context menu
• Fixed IO entities receiving free power after reskinning
• Fixed stacked Steam inventory items displaying as one item
• Fixed missing building error messages when teammates hold planners
• Fixed electric heaters appearing ON after leaving network range
• Fixed industrial lights not illuminating player boats
• Fixed drone controls ignoring keyboard layouts
• Fixed Workshop file dialog using the old input system
• Fixed instant death from cactus while mounting a horse
• Fixed battering ram middle wheels rotating backward
• Fixed wallpaper reskinning requiring cloth
• Fixed checkout page NRE
• Fixed DPV fuel bar text regression
• Fixed Fuzzy Pool object spilling during heavy multithreading contention
• Fixed one-frame server state desync after client position updates
• Fixed deep sea swimming and wave simulation heightmap issues
• Fixed NRE when two players spectate someone being kicked or banned
• Fixed bots/sleepers streaming out on moving Cargo Ship
• Fixed ballistic armor and bowless crossbow sounds carrying too far
• Fixed invisible admin-only mannequin suit
• Fixed corpse buoyancy server warning
• Fixed bowless crossbow rapid-fire animation
• Fixed Streamer Mode revealing your own player name
• Fixed instant camera flash offset
• Fixed barrel reskinning giving incorrect items
• Fixed Frontier Decor barrels not fitting shelves
• Fixed vending machine purchase amount clamping
• Fixed vending machine stats page updating unexpectedly
• Fixed random green light in Radtown
• Fixed oversized collisions in Ferry Terminal lights
• Fixed scientists chasing players into water on deep sea islands
• Fixed military base building clipping into a silo
• Fixed hairstyles clipping through helmets
• Fixed terrain gaps on deep sea islands at low object quality
• Fixed quarry belt animation speed
• Fixed quarry textures at low object quality
• Fixed rich text rendering across UI
• Fixed photograph text not saving
• Fixed Streamer Mode not hiding admin-spawned chat messages
• Fixed vending machine IO "short circuit" warning
•  Fixed Wanted Poster placement guide size
• Fixed in-game video player after Unity upgrade
• Fixed chat spam using special characters and new lines
• Fixed military silencer not spawning in loot
• Fixed unloadable train cars remaining locked
• Fixed missing water splash sounds
• Fixed invisible auto turret cover in the skin viewer
• Fixed party invitations through the in-game friends list
• Fixed industrial garage doors destroying vehicles
• Fixed distant Radtown buildings disappearing
• Fixed industrial shelves missing from conveyor filters
• Fixed certain lights causing FPS drops near world origin
• Fixed invalid projectiles while mounting boats
• Fixed voice glitches through computer stations and CCTV
• Fixed shield issues when using attack helicopter turrets
• Fixed inconsistent deployable snapping

Removed

• Removed obsolete `BaseEntity.ClientRPC`, `ClientRPCEx`, `ClientRPCPlayer`, `ServerRPC`, and `ServerRPCList` calls (use newer RPC methods instead)
• Removed Full Server Demo support (does not affect normal player demo recording)