[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":386},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-settings":3,"article:\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Foutlawcraft-survive-monthly-wipe-guide":16,"article-surround:\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Foutlawcraft-survive-monthly-wipe-guide":375},{"id":4,"description":5,"email":6,"extension":7,"footerNote":8,"legalNotice":9,"locale":10,"meta":11,"name":12,"stem":13,"url":14,"__hash__":15},"settings\u002Fsettings.yml","Compare World of Warcraft realms by expansion, region, population and play style.","listings@realmlist.org","yml","An independent realm directory.","Not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.","en",{},"RealmList","settings","https:\u002F\u002Frealmlist.org","QXaYspLUSxnrVumL6oFir6PInhNsRw-yJchxEYSe1AU",{"id":17,"title":18,"author":19,"body":20,"category":342,"description":343,"draft":344,"extension":345,"featured":344,"meta":346,"navigation":347,"path":348,"publishedAt":349,"seo":350,"sitemap":351,"sources":356,"stem":366,"tags":367,"updatedAt":373,"__hash__":374},"articles\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Foutlawcraft-survive-monthly-wipe-guide.md","OutlawCraft: Survive Launches October 12 With a Wipe Every Month — Here Is What Actually Survives","RealmList Editorial",{"type":21,"value":22,"toc":331},"minimark",[23,36,46,52,57,64,67,71,74,118,125,129,132,194,201,205,208,236,240,284,288,299,315,319,322,325],[24,25,26,27,31,32,35],"p",{},"Most private servers ask one question before you commit: is it worth the time. OutlawCraft: Survive asks a sharper one, because it has already told you the answer — ",[28,29,30],"strong",{},"everything resets on the 12th of every month",". It launches Monday ",[28,33,34],{},"October 12, 2026 at 22:00 UTC (6 PM EDT)"," on the 3.3.5a client, after a beta that opened on September 16, and the launch itself is a wipe.",[24,37,38],{},[39,40],"img",{"alt":41,"height":42,"loading":43,"src":44,"width":45},"Editorial illustration: a storm-beaten wooden palisade on a coastline at dusk, with a planed-down ship hulk and a lone torch burning behind the wall",1024,"lazy","https:\u002F\u002Frealmlist.org\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fguides\u002Foutlawcraft-survive-monthly-wipe-guide.webp",1536,[24,47,48],{},[49,50,51],"em",{},"Original editorial illustration by RealmList, generated for this article. This is artwork, not game footage or official promotional material.",[53,54,56],"h2",{"id":55},"what-the-thing-is","What the thing is",[24,58,59,60,63],{},"OutlawCraft: Survive is a ",[28,61,62],{},"full-loot zombie survival realm"," built on the Wrath of the Lich King client. Full loot means what it says: dying costs you what you were carrying, which is the mechanic that turns a levelling MMO into a survival game. On top of that it layers claims, bases and code locks — player-built structures — and, per the pre-launch update on October 3, warships, an island sea and rival factions.",[24,65,66],{},"None of the above is independently play-tested by us. The specifics below come from the project's own announcements and its directory listing, which is the honest ceiling on what a guide written two days before launch can tell you.",[53,68,70],{"id":69},"the-reset-schedule-in-full","The reset schedule, in full",[24,72,73],{},"The monthly wipe is not a surprise mechanic; it is on a calendar, and the calendar is published in advance on the website, in Discord and in the launcher.",[75,76,77,90],"table",{},[78,79,80],"thead",{},[81,82,83,87],"tr",{},[84,85,86],"th",{},"Wipe",[84,88,89],{},"Date",[91,92,93,102,110],"tbody",{},[81,94,95,99],{},[96,97,98],"td",{},"Launch wipe",[96,100,101],{},"12 October 2026",[81,103,104,107],{},[96,105,106],{},"Next",[96,108,109],{},"12 November 2026",[81,111,112,115],{},[96,113,114],{},"Then",[96,116,117],{},"12 December 2026",[24,119,120,121,124],{},"The developer's stated reason is worth quoting, because it tells you what kind of game this is meant to be: ",[49,122,123],{},"\"Gear and walls that pile up forever turn a survival game into a waiting game.\""," A survival realm where the best base and the best gear are held by whoever logged in earliest stops being a survival realm and becomes a landlord sim with zombies attached.",[53,126,128],{"id":127},"what-you-keep-and-what-you-lose","What you keep and what you lose",[24,130,131],{},"This is the table to read before you spend a night on a base.",[75,133,134,144],{},[78,135,136],{},[81,137,138,141],{},[84,139,140],{},"Reset every month",[84,142,143],{},"Persists",[91,145,146,154,162,170,178,186],{},[81,147,148,151],{},[96,149,150],{},"Characters, levels and talents",[96,152,153],{},"Your account",[81,155,156,159],{},[96,157,158],{},"Inventory, bank, mail and money",[96,160,161],{},"Shop cosmetics (chat colours, tags, VIP time)",[81,163,164,167],{},[96,165,166],{},"Clans",[96,168,169],{},"Website tokens and points",[81,171,172,175],{},[96,173,174],{},"Claims, bases and code locks",[96,176,177],{},"Discord roles",[81,179,180,183],{},[96,181,182],{},"Vehicles, boats and ships",[96,184,185],{},"Transmog appearances you have unlocked",[81,187,188,191],{},[96,189,190],{},"Items from the vote store",[96,192,193],{},"—",[24,195,196,197,200],{},"The shape of that split is a clear design statement: ",[28,198,199],{},"mechanical progress is seasonal, identity is permanent",". Your character does not survive; your account, your unlocked appearances and your standing in the community do. A cosmetic-only shop combined with a monthly reset means there is no way to sell power that survives the wipe — which is the structural version of the \"no pay-to-win\" claim, and it is a stronger guarantee than a policy sentence.",[53,202,204],{"id":203},"rules-that-change-how-you-play","Rules that change how you play",[24,206,207],{},"Four launch rules matter more than the rate numbers.",[209,210,211,218,224,230],"ul",{},[212,213,214,217],"li",{},[28,215,216],{},"One character per account."," No alt army, no bank mule, no second body to scout with. Everything you own travels with the one character that can lose it.",[212,219,220,223],{},[28,221,222],{},"One login per IP at a time."," Multiboxing is off the table by rule rather than by detection.",[212,225,226,229],{},[28,227,228],{},"Booty Bay is a ceasefire zone."," You need one place on the map where a trade does not end in an ambush.",[212,231,232,235],{},[28,233,234],{},"Kalimdor is sealed at launch"," and opens as the population grows, with players getting a say in how. That is a staged map rather than a small one, and it means the launch version is deliberately narrower than the finished one.",[53,237,239],{"id":238},"how-to-be-ready-on-monday","How to be ready on Monday",[241,242,243,255,266,272,278],"ol",{},[212,244,245,248,249,254],{},[28,246,247],{},"Get your own 3.3.5a client (build 12340)."," You are not borrowing OutlawCraft's files; the project's launcher patches a client you supply. Our ",[250,251,253],"a",{"href":252},"\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fchecking-a-private-server-client-download","client download checklist"," covers what to verify before you point anything at a server.",[212,256,257,260,261,265],{},[28,258,259],{},"Use the launcher, not manual patches."," Per the announcement it installs the required patch and addon and sets the realmlist for you, which removes the most common failure mode — a stale realmlist or a mismatched patch sitting in ",[262,263,264],"code",{},"Data",".",[212,267,268,271],{},[28,269,270],{},"Confirm the time in your own zone."," 22:00 UTC on Monday, October 12. For anyone east of Europe that is the small hours of the 13th; do not plan your evening around a date without converting it.",[212,273,274,277],{},[28,275,276],{},"Decide your first-night goal in advance."," With a monthly reset, the optimal opening is not \"level fast\" — it is \"reach the point where you can hold a claim.\" Those are different routes and only one of them is fun on a first night.",[212,279,280,283],{},[28,281,282],{},"Treat the first month as the calibration month."," November 12 is the first wipe that matters for a schedule you chose deliberately. October is for finding out where the danger actually is.",[53,285,287],{"id":286},"two-things-to-verify-yourself","Two things to verify yourself",[24,289,290,293,294,298],{},[28,291,292],{},"The population, once it exists."," A brand-new realm has no meaningful population history, and directory estimates for new servers are close to guesses. Our guide to ",[250,295,297],{"href":296},"\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fverifying-private-server-population-claims","reading population claims"," explains why the first week's numbers should be discounted in both directions.",[24,300,301,304,305,309,310,314],{},[28,302,303],{},"Whether the cosmetic-only shop stays cosmetic."," The ",[306,307,308],"span",{},"Founder"," chat tag sold from launch until December 11 is flagged as surviving every wipe, and the project says everything in its shop is cosmetic. That is a claim to re-check after the first wipe, not before it — the moment something with stats appears in a store that already sells permanence, the structure above stops protecting you. Our ",[250,311,313],{"href":312},"\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fprivate-server-sustainability-signals","sustainability signals checklist"," covers what a shop's contents say about a project's long-term intentions.",[53,316,318],{"id":317},"the-honest-read","The honest read",[24,320,321],{},"A monthly full-loot wipe is the most honest monetisation model a private server can ship, because it removes the entire category of advantage that outlives skill. It is also the model that punishes casual players hardest: miss two weeks of a four-week cycle and you have missed half the month. If your playtime is irregular, the December 12 wipe will feel like it arrives on top of you.",[24,323,324],{},"If your playtime is a couple of focused nights a month, a calendar that guarantees everyone starts level every cycle is the fairest version of this genre you are likely to find.",[326,327,328],"note",{},[24,329,330],{},"Accurate as of October 11, 2026, one day before launch. Launch time, the wipe schedule, the reset\u002Fpersistence split and the launch rules above are taken from OutlawCraft's own announcements — \"OutlawCraft – Beta Test\" (September 16, 2026) and \"OutlawCraft Goes Live: Monday, October 12th\" (October 1, 2026) — as reported by Private Server Hub, plus the server's directory profile. Nothing here has been play-tested by RealmList, population figures for a new realm are not yet meaningful, and the developer can change dates, rules or shop contents at any time. Verify on OutlawCraft's own channels before planning around any of it.",{"title":332,"searchDepth":333,"depth":333,"links":334},"",2,[335,336,337,338,339,340,341],{"id":55,"depth":333,"text":56},{"id":69,"depth":333,"text":70},{"id":127,"depth":333,"text":128},{"id":203,"depth":333,"text":204},{"id":238,"depth":333,"text":239},{"id":286,"depth":333,"text":287},{"id":317,"depth":333,"text":318},"guides","The 3.3.5a full-loot survival realm goes live on Monday at 22:00 UTC and resets everything on the 12th of every month. 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Here is what is confirmed, what only exists in the beta client, and what is worth knowing before you queue.",1793551963140]