Server Wipe Day Guide

Wipe Day Overview

Wipe day is when a server resets everything -- all structures, items, and (sometimes) blueprints are erased. Everyone starts fresh on the beach. The first few hours of a wipe determine your trajectory for the entire wipe cycle.

Types of wipes: - Map wipe: Structures and items wiped, blueprints may persist - Blueprint (BP) wipe: Everything wiped including learned blueprints - Force wipe: Official wipe on the first Thursday of every month (always includes map wipe)

The goal on wipe day is to establish a secure base, learn essential blueprints, and start accumulating weapons and resources before other players can threaten you. Speed is everything.

First 30 Minutes: The Rush

When the server starts, you spawn on a random beach with thousands of other players. Move fast:

1. Immediately start hitting trees and rocks with your rock. Get 300 wood, 200 stone minimum.
2. Craft a Stone Hatchet while moving inland. Then a Stone Pickaxe.
3. Pick up hemp for cloth. Craft a Sleeping Bag (30 cloth) and place it hidden near where you want to build.
4. Find your base location: near a road, close to a Tier 1 monument, away from large monuments.
5. Put down a 2x1 twig foundation immediately. Place a Building Plan, Hammer, and Tool Cupboard.
6. Upgrade to wood or stone. Get a door and lock on it ASAP.

Priority crafting order: Sleeping Bag -> Building Plan -> Tool Cupboard -> Wooden Door -> Lock -> Furnace.

Do not fight anyone in the first 30 minutes unless you have to. Every second spent fighting is a second someone else is securing their base.

First Hour: Securing Your Position

With a basic base established:

1. Place a Research Table and Repair Bench (if blueprints are wiped)
2. Start a furnace smelting metal ore for a Code Lock and metal tools
3. Upgrade all walls to stone minimum
4. Add an airlock with a second door
5. Begin running the nearby road for barrels and components

Solo priority: Lock + stone walls + hunting bow + sleeping bags everywhere. You are racing to not be raidable with satchels.

Duo/Trio priority: Split tasks. One person farms resources while the other runs the road for scrap and components. Third person can push a monument early.

Group priority: Designate a builder to get the compound started. Two players farm, two players run monuments. Rotate gear between the roamers.

Hours 2-4: Progression Push

Once your base is secured:

1. Craft Workbench Level 1 (75 scrap). Research Code Lock, Satchel Charge.
2. Run Green card puzzles for Blue keycards. Sewer Branch is fastest.
3. Start collecting components for Workbench Level 2 (500 scrap, 20 HQM).
4. Farm monuments aggressively. Dome and Airfield are high-value, mid-risk targets on wipe day.
5. If you find good weapons, research them immediately before you lose them.

On a BP wipe, reaching WB2 in the first 4 hours puts you ahead of 80% of the server. On a map-only wipe, push to WB3 since your BPs are already known.

Key milestone: By hour 4, you should have a stone base with honeycomb, a code lock, WB1, and be working toward WB2. If you are behind this, focus exclusively on scrap farming.

Hours 4-8: Establishing Dominance

The mid-wipe phase separates the contenders from the casuals:

1. Craft WB2 and research Thompson, Garage Door, and other essentials
2. Expand your base with honeycomb and a second floor
3. Start saving sulfur for raid supplies or WB3
4. Run Tier 2 and Tier 3 monuments for Elite Crates
5. Set up a tea farm if you have planter boxes researched

Roaming strategy: Go out with a kit you can afford to lose. Thompson + coffee can helmet + road sign armor is the standard WB2 roaming kit. Fight at monuments and take everything the losers drop.

If you find an AK or Bolt Action from a crate, bring it home immediately and research it. These weapons change the power dynamic of your wipe.

By hour 8, the server population typically drops by 30-50% as casual players log off. This is when serious players push for WB3 and begin planning raids for the next day.

Wipe Day Mistakes to Avoid

1. Spending too long on the beach fighting nakeds. Move inland fast.
2. Building too close to a large monument. You will be raided by the groups that farm there.
3. Building too big too early. A 2x1 or 2x2 is all you need for the first day.
4. Hoarding loot without researching it. If you get raided, unresearched items are gone forever.
5. Not placing sleeping bags. Dying without a bag means running for 10+ minutes back to your base.
6. Roaming with all your scrap. Store scrap in base between runs. Losing 500 scrap sets you back hours.
7. Staying up too late. Wipe day burnout is real. Get 6-8 hours in, then log off in a secure position.
8. Forgetting upkeep. Your base decays if the TC runs dry. Stock it before logging off.
9. Getting emotionally invested in fights. If you die, just respawn and get back to progression. Time is more valuable than any single kit on wipe day.