First Thursday of the month at approximately 19:00 UK time - when Facepunch is ready. It happens automatically as soon as the Oxide (mods) update becomes available. It takes 7 minutes.
Full BP wipe: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Map only: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec
When does Raid Week start?
The Friday before wipe, at 00:00 UTC.
There's an on-the-hour game-chat announcement of the date/time when Raid Week starts. On the final day of the wipe we have Rocket Day (see below).
What is Raid Week?
Most of the time this is a "carebear" server with safety features to protect noob/casual players. For the final week we switch these protections off and GO HAM, for more of a vanilla experience.
Before Raid Week (most of wipe)
− Raid (except twig and a few other items - see #11 below) − Harm players (or be harmed) in PvE mode − Burn anything − Launch MLRS − Buy SAM sites (until 2 days before RW) + /remove + Join if you are a new gamebanned player (PvE locked until approved by JimDeadlock)
During Raid Week (last week of wipe)
− /remove (to discourage players from hiding loot behind HQM walls) − Join if you are a new gamebanned player + Raid (all) + PvP (everyone) + Everything else, vanilla style
Rocket Day (last day of wipe)
+ Raid, PvP + Free, unlimited rockets (all types) + /mymini (spawn mini, no fuel needed) + /remove + Unlimited team size, if you want to zerg a big base + Join after wipe if you are a new gamebanned player
Pro Tip: the 'Now' page shows who is currently in-game (switched off during Raid Week).
This server has no EAC, is it for hackers?
EAC is disabled primarily for Linux players to join. Windows users are welcome too. Some players have bans on their profiles - they have nowhere else to play so don't hassle them about it.
If you've come here to cheat you will be promptly banned. Try me.
Please PM JimDeadlock on Discord about any cheating-related issues. You may discuss it in open chat if you want but you will alert the cheater, making it more difficult for me to catch him at it.
If, by some miracle, Linux does get EAC one day then we will switch the server to EAC and join the big boys on the in-game server list.
Are there any other non-EAC servers with more PvP?
No.
There are other non-EAC servers but they are all empty, most of them are test servers. This is the only active non-EAC server.
If you are looking for a busy PvP environment without EAC you are on a wild goose chase. It does not exist, and never will. Several times over the years players from here have set up their own PvP-focused non-EAC servers to "fill the gap in the market". None of them lasted even one full wipe, they sat empty. Nobody is interested.
Can we have a smaller map to encourage more PvP?
No.
Most players here do not enjoy PvP. 50% of them are not even capable of it because they have chosen PvE mode. Making the map smaller would make no difference at all. The only result would be 90% of the players being angry about losing building space and monuments, while the other 10% would still be frustrated about not finding any PvP, even on a smaller map.
"But how do you know if you haven't tried it?" - because others have tried it (see above).
Can we have more [raiding time, gather rates, decay, daylight, backpack space, etc etc]?
SAM sites go on sale at the Outpost 2 days before Raid Week. We don't want no-fly zones all over the place.
Why do I see Amsterdam II when I press <esc>?
It's the default screen for servers that don't have a description. You will see this if you connected via the in-game F1 console. If you connect via the Steam server list then you're more likely to see the proper Deadlock banner/description, but it can be unreliable.
