Last checked: August 22, 2026
Protect the Border Hub – Codes, Update, Guides & News
· August 22 — hub created; UPDATE WEEK 3 confirmed live, UPDATE WEEK 4 dated, 25 passes re-counted, stats refreshed
Protect the Border is a co-op checkpoint simulator from The Evil Mafia where up to four officers check IDs, match faces and search trunks by day, then hold the line against waves and bosses after dark. It launched into BETA on June 30, 2026 and has since added an Endless Mode that removes the seven-day cap — "infinite days", per the developer's description.
What's the current Protect the Border update?
UPDATE WEEK 3, subtitled "SET DIFFICULTY LEVELS!", went live at 18:00 UTC on August 21, 2026 and runs until 18:00 UTC on August 28. The timing is first-party: this studio schedules its patches through Roblox's virtual-events system, and the event is hosted by The Evil Mafia (group 270846147) and was published on August 11, 2026 at 23:56 UTC. Its description reads, verbatim, "??? (Mystery)" — the subtitle is the only feature list on offer.
Two build stamps bracket that handover: the group's gamesV2 publish record at 22:47 UTC on August 21 and the games API updated field at 02:53 UTC on August 22, 2026. A bumped timestamp is a republish, not proof of content, so the event is the stronger evidence.
Selectable difficulty matters more than it sounds. Every run until now followed one fixed curve — the structure our Protect the Border beginner's guide breaks down shift by shift. A lower setting is how a new officer banks early Gold.
Nothing new landed in the store with it. The game-pass API still returned 25 passes, 24 for sale on August 22, 2026, and the two newest — Pyromaniac and Ghillie Sniper, 350 Robux each — were created on August 14, 2026. Pass creation dates record when content shipped: they cluster on August 4, August 7–9 and August 14. Week 3 is a mode change, not a store drop.
What's next for Protect the Border?
One dated thing, from the studio itself: UPDATE WEEK 4, subtitled "DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!", published August 17, 2026 at 17:52 UTC and scheduled to run from 18:00 UTC on August 28 to September 4, 2026. Its description is empty — no features named, no pass previewed. The rhythm is the signal: three one-week events in a row, each handing over at 18:00 UTC.
Past September 4 there is nothing dated. The Evil Mafia group had no shout set on August 22, 2026, the universe carries zero badges, and the studio publishes no roadmap. Any claim about a feature beyond Week 4 is speculation.
Codes travel the same channels. Our Protect the Border codes page covers the one live code and the reward figure the studio and trackers disagree on. New ones surface first on the studio's X account, @EvilMafiaStudio, and its Discord, Evil Mafia Productions — 875 members, 143 online on August 22, 2026, invite confirmed through Discord's own API — and each must clear the bar on our how we verify codes page.
All Protect the Border guides
Both are live, and this hub gets touched whenever either changes.
Protect the Border Codes (August 2026)
The one working code, traced to the developer's own announcement, plus the redeem path inside the Shop.
GuideProtect the Border Beginner's Guide
The seven-day shift clock, the ID-face-trunk inspection order and the Gold class ladder from Rookie to Spetsnaz.
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Protect the Border in numbers
Read live from the Roblox games, votes, groups, badges and game-pass APIs for universe 10423774136 / place 104589921852670. Concurrency swings more than three-fold daily, so the honest "typical" figure is a weekly median.
| Stat | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Typical concurrent players (7-day median) | 8,745 | August 15–22, 2026 (28 radar samples) |
| Range across that week | 4,873 → 17,853 | August 15–22, 2026 |
| Live reading (snapshot, not typical) | 8,872 playing | 08:10 UTC, August 22, 2026 |
| Lifetime visits | 8,686,975 | August 22, 2026 |
| Favourites | 55,479 | August 22, 2026 |
| Like ratio | 89.9% (19,086 likes / 2,147 dislikes) | August 22, 2026 |
| Players per server | 25 (squad of up to 4) | August 22, 2026 |
| Game passes | 25 total, 24 for sale (X-Ray Scanner is not) | August 22, 2026 |
| Badges | Zero — the universe has none | August 22, 2026 |
| Developer | The Evil Mafia (group 270846147, owner Myrrakh, 173,853 members) | August 22, 2026 |
| Created / genre | June 30, 2026, 23:32 UTC / Simulation | August 22, 2026 |
Protect the Border FAQ
UPDATE WEEK 3, "SET DIFFICULTY LEVELS!", live since 18:00 UTC on August 21, 2026 and running to 18:00 UTC on August 28. The Evil Mafia schedules patches through Roblox's virtual-events system; this one was published August 11, 2026 with its description left as "??? (Mystery)". No new pass shipped with it.
Yes, one. EVILREWARD pays Gold and was still the only code listed by every tracker we re-checked on August 22, 2026, with none expired behind it. The developer advertised 1,000 Gold while every independent report says 650 — our codes page documents that dispute and locates the redeem box inside the Shop.
The seven-day median is 8,745 concurrent players across 28 radar samples between August 15 and 22, 2026, ranging 4,873 to 17,853. A live reading at 08:10 UTC on August 22, 2026 returned 8,872 playing, against 8,686,975 lifetime visits.
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Not affiliated with The Evil Mafia or Roblox Corporation. Every stat, pass, badge and event date above was read from the Roblox APIs on August 22, 2026.