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Rusted Methods

Online 108.61.100.191:28016 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#7,051top 32%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75111:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 8hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW27d ago 3 – running 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusted Methods?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rusted Methods: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Rusted Methods mean?

These are the tags Rusted Methods publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; 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. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rusted Methods rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #7,051 puts Rusted Methods in the top 32% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rusted Methods right now?

The current tally at Rusted Methods: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 17:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server facts

Is Rusted Methods online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rusted Methods is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 22 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Rusted Methods run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 90, with 79 as the lowest. At its peak it held 122,821 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,310 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rusted Methods located?

There is no region from Rusted Methods. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 108.61.100.191:28016.

Which Rust version is Rusted Methods on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rusted Methods runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Rusted Methods when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusted Methods?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rusted Methods, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 13 hours is when the present world was made.

The rules

Which map does Rusted Methods run?

The procedural map on Rusted Methods measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 782583436. 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 Rusted Methods?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusted Methods. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Rusted Methods?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 108.61.100.191:28016. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
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.

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.