Newb Beginnings
Offline NA 156.236.84.15:28060 checked 27d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA, and #649 of the quad servers (top 74%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Saturday 31 October, 05:13 UTC, in 1d 20h. Its biweekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 10 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 Sep, 05:13 UTC40d ago | 2 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Newb Beginnings?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Newb Beginnings: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.
What do the server tags on Newb Beginnings mean?
These are the tags Newb Beginnings publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): No team can exceed 4 players; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs164530 (Build): Game build: 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^b (Biweekly): It wipes on a two-week cycle; ^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; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Newb Beginnings rank against other Rust servers?
Newb Beginnings takes #16,408 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,629 across North America. The quad field places it at #649.
How many players are on Newb Beginnings right now?
The last sighting of Newb Beginnings was 27 days 18 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is Newb Beginnings online, and how reliable is it?
Newb Beginnings shows as offline, last spotted 27 days 18 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is Newb Beginnings located?
Newb Beginnings uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 156.236.84.15:28060.
Which Rust version is Newb Beginnings on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 is the version Newb Beginnings runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on Newb Beginnings when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. 10 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Newb Beginnings?
The prediction follows its tag, since too few of Newb Beginnings's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Come Saturday 31 October at 05:13 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 40 days 3 hours. The tags list a fortnightly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does Newb Beginnings run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1512332184 is what Newb Beginnings runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Newb Beginnings?
The name of Newb Beginnings says nothing about gather rate. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Newb Beginnings?
Enter client.connect 156.236.84.15:28060 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.