When is the next Once Human server wipe? Losing all your in-game progress can be a difficult pill to swallow, but in a seasonal live-service survival game like Once Human, it's a necessary evil to make way for new content. The best way to get ahead of a server wipe is to be prepared and keep an eye on the calendar so it doesn't come as a nasty shock when the season rolls over.
We can tell you exactly when to expect the next Once Human server wipe, and offer some handy tips on how to save some of your hard-won items in the Once Human server wipes work and when to expect the next one.
When is the next Once Human wipe?
Once Human server wipes have now been removed following player . This change was implemented in an update on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Previously, Once Human server wipes occurred every six weeks to coincide with the end of the current scenario. Now, the scenario servers are converted into non-shutdown servers following the scenario's settlement phase. After a two-hour server maintenance period, you can continue the scenario in the non-shutdown server, return to Eternaland, or sign up for a new scenario.
Starry Studio confirmed these server wipe changes in a dev blog, explaining that non-shutdown servers will not be affected by changes to major scenarios, memetics, seasonal challenges, and game modes. However, balance adjustments, optimization, and bug fixes will be applied to non-shutdown servers.
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How do Once Human wipes work?
Once Human server wipes used to take place at the end of each seasonal scenario, which themselves vary in length depending on the quantity of content to clear.
Each scenario has different rules and game objectives, switching up the gameplay loop each season. A scenario can be considered the server's theme. Scenario content gradually unlocks over the course of a season, and is split into different phases.
While server wipes are no longer applicable, players who sign up for a new scenario outside of their non-shutdown server will still undergo a character wipe.
Once all content is unlocked, the season enters the settlement phase, which is when the server will be converted into a non-shutdown state. During this time, you can sign up for the next scenario, beginning it as soon as it launches, or you can choose to continue in the present scenario.
Note that inactive characters cannot enter non-shutdown servers, and will be transferred to Eternaland following the scenario end. You can pick up playing in your personal world until you decide to jump back into a scenario.
In a Once Human wipe, you automatically lose your map exploration progress, character XP, and certain specialized items. Everything you've crafted and built within the open-world game's map will also be erased. However, you will not lose your in-game progress.
Here is what you will keep after a Once Human server wipe:
- Characters and Cosmetics: Names, body sizes, fashion cosmetics, character customization data, emojis, actions, namecards, and titles.
- Material: Starchrims, Crystgins, Mitsuko's Marks, Stellar Planulas, Sproutlets, Lightforge Ingots, Lightforge Relics, Cosmetic Tokens, Colorful Badges, and Battle tokens (Silver Keys, BP XP, and more).
- Important in-game progres content: Gear blueprints (and their ratings), Blueprint Fragments, weapon accessories, mods (including mod components), and food recipes.
- Furniture formulas and house blueprints: Learned furniture formulas (excluding those unlocked via Memetics), house blueprints, and finished furniture items.
- Seasonal items: Season Honor Shield patterns, Cultivation Essence, and more.
- Friends: Friends and group chats
- Task completion progress: You can play streamlined variants of the main and side story tasks that you've completed in the current scenario, or play through them fully for a second time.
- Event progress and materials: Can be checked in the event screen.
It's also possible to save items from a Once Human wipe by transferring them to Eternaland. "Essential resources like materials, medicine, and ammunition can be carried over into a new season based on item transferring rules so you can progress faster in the new season," Starry Studio confirms.
Transferring items costs Material Points, and the amount required varies depending on item type. Material Points refresh each season, so don't hesitate to spend them all if needed.
The latest seasonal content will present new challenges and Once Human bosses, which demand new abilities, weapons, and deviants to overcome them. Once you've wrapped up your time on a non-shutdown server, we highly recommend initiating a wipe to continue your character progression.
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