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Celebrity profile · EU

The Grubs Empire

Online EU 144.76.91.226:28005 checked 9m ago

duo weekly wipes moddedoxide
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Vital stats

Players now 3/ 50 slots 6% full
7-day average4peak 6
Rank#6,397top 29% · #1919 in EU
RegionEUEU · group duo
Last wipe4h agoweekly schedule
Next wipe6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0246815:0016:0017:0018:0019:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 16:24 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608015:0016:0017:0018:0019:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 16:24 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
No rank history yet.

Top 29% of all ranked servers, top 66% in EU, and #290 of the duo servers (top 69%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

Coming wipes

6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
13d 19hThu 12 Nov, 16:24 UTC
20d 19hThu 19 Nov, 16:24 UTC
27d 19hThu 26 Nov, 16:24 UTC
34d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
41d 19hThu 10 Dec, 16:24 UTC
Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 16:24 UTC4h ago – – running 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

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Grubs Empire?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Grubs Empire: Duo servers, live, European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

What do the server tags on The Grubs Empire mean?

For the server browser, The Grubs Empire lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts2 (Group limit): Teams cap at 2 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does The Grubs Empire rank against other Rust servers?

The Grubs Empire takes #6,397 on seven-day player hours, a top 29% spot overall and #1,919 across Europe. The duo field places it at #290.

How many players are on The Grubs Empire right now?

The Grubs Empire is holding 3 players, with 50 slots in total. Averaging 4 players across seven days, it topped out at 6. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Server facts

Is The Grubs Empire online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, The Grubs Empire is online. About 2 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 29 October 2026.

Does The Grubs Empire run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 60, and it never went below 60. The world carried as many as 17,140 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 1,113 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is The Grubs Empire located?

With its EU tag, The Grubs Empire lists itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 144.76.91.226:28005.

Which Rust version is The Grubs Empire on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Grubs Empire runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

What is the wipe schedule on The Grubs Empire?

Too few wipes are recorded on The Grubs Empire to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 4 hours is when the present world was made. Weekly is the wipe rhythm its tags set out.

The rules

Which map does The Grubs Empire run?

Generated by the game with seed 168909, the map on The Grubs Empire is procedural and 2,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on The Grubs Empire?

The name of The Grubs Empire says nothing about gather rate. A group can hold 2 players at most (duo). survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join The Grubs Empire?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 144.76.91.226:28005. 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,^w,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts2,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts2
Group limit Teams cap at 2 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is 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.