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[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B

Online EU 136.243.32.157:28035 checked 1h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full −2−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 5
Rank#3,463top 16% · #1290 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246819:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

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 27 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
12k4k6k8k27 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct28 Oct

Top 16% of all ranked servers, top 44% in EU. 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 8d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

4.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctSun 27 Sep
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 24 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:01 UTC FW27d ago 13 – running 4
Sun 27 Sep, 16:43 UTC31d ago 6 held half 4.1 days 1

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

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Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B: European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and The roleplay set, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B mean?

These are the tags [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): This is a roleplay server; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B rank against other Rust servers?

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B takes #3,463 on seven-day player hours, a top 16% spot overall and #1,290 across Europe.

How many players are on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B right now?

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 5. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 20:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Server facts

Is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B is online. About 14 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 27 September 2026.

Does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 28, with 5 as the lowest. At its peak it held 111,319 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 3,672 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B located?

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 136.243.32.157:28035.

Which Rust version is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 10 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 24 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 100% of the time.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 26 days 23 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B run?

The procedural map on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B measures 3,750 and comes from the game with seed 1233923157. 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 [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

The name of [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. roleplay rules, towns and jobs: that is the roleplay mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

Enter client.connect 136.243.32.157:28035 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://betterpve.org.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay This is a roleplay server.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.