Official Rust servers

Official means the server sits in the game's Official tab. Facepunch runs some of them directly, and approved partner networks run the others. Everything outside that tab is community.

Nearly all do. Gather rates are usually left at 1x, and most servers carry Rust's vanilla tag. A few list themselves as modded, which you can spot in the server's tags before you connect.

Facepunch wipes every map on the first Thursday of the month. Partner servers often set their own day on top of that, and the next wipe column shows the estimate for each one. The wipe schedule charts lay the whole month out.

Everyone who plays that server comes back at once. Slots refill within minutes of the map restarting, and the largest servers still queue for a while after. Check the population line before wipe day; a server that fills every evening will queue harder.