Gamepires plans no more official-server wipes in SCUM for the rest of 2026. Its November 11 update post says the update “doesn’t include a wipe, and no further official-server wipes are planned for 2026,” so the last one was the partial wipe that came with the Halloween Update on October 28, and the studio has not dated the next.
Below we cover what Gamepires has said about future wipes, the recent official wipe dates, what a partial wipe resets and what it keeps, how private servers and single-player differ, and how to get ready once the next one is announced.
What Gamepires Has Said
The plan for the rest of the year was first set out in the Halloween Update preview on October 22: “There will be no further official-server wipes this year, so you can rebuild and continue progressing through the rest of 2026.” The same post explains why the October wipe happened when it did. Gamepires had planned to wipe with the tattoo, controller support and Photo Mode update, but moved it to the Halloween release because the partial wipe let it merge quieter official servers “without also transferring bases, gear and supplies.”
For the longer term, Gamepires has said two things:
- “We still want to align wipes with the start of new seasons, although we haven’t achieved that yet.”
- “We want partial wipes to follow a more consistent schedule,” with more notice than the October wipe gave.
The November 11 post adds that work continues on the next season and on Survivalist, an optional server ruleset built around tougher survival, with no dates for either. If Gamepires sticks to lining wipes up with seasons, the next season’s announcement is the one to watch.
Recent Official Wipes
These are the official-server wipes Gamepires has announced since late 2025, all from its posts on Steam:
| Date | Update | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2025 | The Long Haul | Soft wipe, forced on official servers only |
| March 19, 2026 | March quality-of-life patch | Partial wipe of all official servers, announced March 11; gold kept |
| June 30, 2026 | Into the Wild June Update | Partial wipe; character progress, gold and basic starting gear kept |
| October 28, 2026 | Halloween Update, with server merges | Partial wipe; attributes, skills and gold kept |
| November 11, 2026 | November Update | No wipe |
That is four official wipes in about ten months, each announced in a Steam post days to weeks ahead. Gamepires has not said whether that pace continues in 2027.
What a Partial Wipe Resets
The October 28 wipe is the clearest guide to how Gamepires runs a partial wipe now. Per the Halloween Update notes:
- Reset: bases, gear, supplies, Fame Points and quest progression.
- Cash cleared: both carried and banked. Only money converted into gold before maintenance carried over.
- Kept: your retained character’s attributes, skills and gold.
- Where you start: at your last logged-out location, on the ground, in starting gear.
That wipe also merged selected official servers. Only one character could stay on each destination server, and if a player did nothing, the character with the most playtime was kept. Gamepires also retired the official Hardcore servers and closed two monthly-wipe servers, Monthly Wipe #1 in Europe and in US East, without moving their characters anywhere.
A full wipe goes further and removes characters and stats as well. The last one came with the 1.0 release in June 2025, when Gamepires said the wipe would be “a full one, meaning that characters and stats are also getting wiped.”
Private Servers, Single-Player and Admins
Official wipes stay on official servers. The Halloween notes say: “Private and community servers are unaffected by this official-server wipe,” and Gamepires’ earlier wipe notices say partial wipes “will not be enforced on private servers.” Single-player is the same: for The Long Haul’s soft wipe in December 2025, Gamepires forced it only on official servers and said it “strongly” suggested doing the same in single-player and on private servers, which left the choice with players and admins.
On a community server, the next wipe is the admin’s call, so check the server’s own announcements. For admins, Gamepires’ server settings list includes scum.PartialWipe, scum.GoldWipe and scum.FullWipe, all set to False by default. The 1.0 notes describe FullWipe as performing “a full wipe, deleting all player progression and character attributes on server startup.” When Gamepires added the partial wipe setting in 2022, it said the wipe runs on the next server startup and the setting then switches itself back off.
How to Get Ready for the Next Wipe
Going by how the October wipe worked:
- Watch SCUM’s Steam news. Gamepires announces wipes in its update previews, and during the October maintenance it posted progress in its Discord announcements channel, the Steam post’s comments, Facebook and X.
- Turn cash and spare gear into gold. Cash was cleared in October while gold carried over, so sell what you can and convert the money before maintenance starts.
- Log out somewhere safe. You come back where you logged out, in starting gear. Gamepires recommended a safe zone.
- Plan your character if servers merge. When only one character survives a merge, Gamepires’ fix was to create a new character on each server you do not want to keep, which overwrites the old one there. Check you are on the right server first: it cannot be undone.
The November Update that skipped the wipe also added controller support, which our guide SCUM: Does It Have Controller Support? Answered covers, and our news story on SCUM’s November Update has the rest of what changed. For another survival game’s reset schedule, see our guide to when the next Escape from Tarkov wipe is.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there another SCUM wipe in 2026? Not on official servers. Gamepires says no further official-server wipes are planned for 2026, and the November 11 update did not include one.
When was the last SCUM wipe? October 28, 2026, a partial wipe of official servers that came with the Halloween Update and the official server merges.
Does a SCUM wipe delete your character? A partial wipe does not: in October, your retained character kept its attributes, skills and gold. A full wipe, like the one at the 1.0 release, removes characters and stats too.
Do official wipes affect private servers? No. Gamepires says private and community servers are unaffected by official-server wipes, and admins decide when their own servers wipe.
Does gold survive a SCUM wipe? It did in every partial wipe of 2026. Gamepires has not described the next wipe yet, so check its announcement when it comes.
Did the November Update wipe SCUM servers? No. Gamepires’ November 11 post says the update “doesn’t include a wipe.”