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GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's

Online AF 102.39.154.248:28015 checked 9m ago

2x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve
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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 50 slots 4% full +1against this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 8
Rank#2,250top 10% · #3 in AF
RegionAFAF · group 8, the default
Last wipe6h agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0246800:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 17:02 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
05010015020000:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 17:02 UTCWIPE

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct14 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 10% in AF. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

21 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 5.5

Coming wipes

6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
20d 17hThu 19 Nov, 17:02 UTC
34d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
41d 17hThu 10 Dec, 17:02 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 27 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 17:02 UTC6h ago – – running 4
Thu 15 Oct, 16:49 UTC14d ago 9 – – 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:55 UTC FW28d ago – – 14 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 17:03 UTC42d ago 7 halved by day 6 14 days 0

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

You'll find GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 2x Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Gather rate: 2x.

What do the server tags on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's mean?

For the server browser, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^b (Biweekly): It wipes on a two-week cycle; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; AF (Africa): In the server browser it sits under Africa; rustmaps (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's rank against other Rust servers?

GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's takes #2,250 on seven-day player hours, a top 10% spot overall and #3 across Africa.

How many players are on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's right now?

The current tally at GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's: 2 players across 50 slots. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 8. Look at 19:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 6 players on average.

About the server

Is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 4 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 107, and it never went below 59. The world carried as many as 103,568 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 3,550 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's located?

GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's uses its AF tag to list itself in Africa. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 102.39.154.248:28015.

Which Rust version is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's on?

On Windows, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 8 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 27 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 5.5.

What is the wipe schedule on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

Wipes on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's follow a every 3 weeks on Thursday at 17:02 UTC pattern. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it is running now dates from 6 hours. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of one wipe every two weeks.

Map and rules

Which map does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's run?

A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 315228242 is what GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

Going by its name, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's runs 2x gather. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 102.39.154.248:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at http://gruffzone.co.za.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,AF,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly It wipes on a two-week cycle.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

AF
Africa In the server browser it sits under Africa.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.