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Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]

Online 116.202.51.49:28065 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 20 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#9,508top 43%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe4d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe2d 20hFri 30 Oct, 19:52 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020000:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 43% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Friday 30 October, 19:52 UTC, in 2d 20h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

11 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

2d 20hFri 30 Oct, 19:52 UTC
8d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
9d 20hFri 6 Nov, 19:52 UTC
16d 20hFri 13 Nov, 19:52 UTC
23d 20hFri 20 Nov, 19:52 UTC
30d 20hFri 27 Nov, 19:52 UTC
36d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
37d 20hFri 4 Dec, 19:52 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctTue 6 OctThu 1 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 19:52 UTC4d ago 1 – running 0
Tue 6 Oct, 15:24 UTC21d ago 1 halved by day 1 17.2 days 1
Thu 1 Oct, 18:35 UTC FW26d ago 2 halved by day 1 4.9 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] mean?

These are the tags Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp20 (Max players): Slots: 20; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #9,508 puts Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] in the top 43% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] right now?

Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] is holding 0 players, with 20 slots in total. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server details

Is Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 8 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 84 server fps, with a low of 67. At its peak it held 121,485 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,482 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] located?

No region is published by Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 116.202.51.49:28065.

Which Rust version is Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] on?

On Linux, Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] 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 Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]'s wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Friday 30 October at 19:52 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 4 days 3 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

The rules

Which map does Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] run?

Generated by the game with seed 1057629265, the map on Rust Buds [Solo/Duo] is procedural and 4,500 in size. 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 Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. Rust's premium status is required to join. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join Rust Buds [Solo/Duo]?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 116.202.51.49:28065. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. Rust's premium status is required to join.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp20
Max players Slots: 20.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Rust's premium status is required to join.
^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.