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KZ North Media Classic

Online EU 145.249.248.7:28015 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 100 slots 1% full −2−67%against this time yesterday
7-day average3peak 11
Rank#1,898top 9% · #738 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe13hThu 29 Oct, 13:44 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246800:0009:0018:0003:0012:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608000:0009:0018:0003:0012:0022:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 9% of all ranked servers, top 25% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 13:44 UTC, in 13h. Every Thursday at 13:44 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
40%
crowd held
else halves by day 4

Coming wipes

13hThu 29 Oct, 13:44 UTC
7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 13hThu 12 Nov, 13:44 UTC
21d 13hThu 19 Nov, 13:44 UTC
28d 13hThu 26 Nov, 13:44 UTC
35d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 13hThu 10 Dec, 13:44 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
02.557.510+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 13:44 UTC6d ago 9 – running 0
Thu 15 Oct, 13:43 UTC13d ago 9 halved by day 5 7 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 14:06 UTC20d ago 12 halved by day 4 7 days 1
Thu 1 Oct, 17:47 UTC FW27d ago 13 held half 6.8 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 13:56 UTC34d ago 23 halved by day 4 7.2 days 2
Thu 17 Sep, 14:07 UTC41d ago 10 held half 7 days 2

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 KZ North Media Classic?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include KZ North Media Classic: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on KZ North Media Classic mean?

For the server browser, KZ North Media Classic lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 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): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): Every week brings a wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does KZ North Media Classic rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, KZ North Media Classic sits at #1,898, inside the top 9% of ranked servers and at #738 in Europe.

How many players are on KZ North Media Classic right now?

The current tally at KZ North Media Classic: 1 players across 100 slots. Averaging 3 players across seven days, it topped out at 11. Look at 19:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 7 players on average.

Server facts

Is KZ North Media Classic online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, KZ North Media Classic is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 20 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does KZ North Media Classic run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 50, with 49 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 60,888: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,085 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is KZ North Media Classic located?

With its EU tag, KZ North Media Classic lists itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 145.249.248.7:28015.

Which Rust version is KZ North Media Classic on?

On Windows, KZ North Media Classic runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on KZ North Media Classic when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 10 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 40% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 4 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on KZ North Media Classic?

The wipe rhythm on KZ North Media Classic is every Thursday at 13:44 UTC. The next wipe is pencilled in for Thursday 29 October at 13:44 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 10 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

Map and rules

Which map does KZ North Media Classic run?

The procedural map on KZ North Media Classic measures 3,200 and comes from the game with seed 1112401570. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on KZ North Media Classic?

No gather rate appears in the name of KZ North Media Classic. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join KZ North Media Classic?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 145.249.248.7:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/WnsBFwGmNd.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp100
Max players There are 100 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 It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Every week brings a wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.

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.