Blind Squirrel Backlot
Offline 156.236.84.27:28040 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. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 20h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Blind Squirrel Backlot?
You'll find Blind Squirrel Backlot on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
For the server browser, Blind Squirrel Backlot lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #16,408 puts Blind Squirrel Backlot in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Blind Squirrel Backlot right now?
Offline now, Blind Squirrel Backlot was last spotted 27 days 7 hours ago.
Server details
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
Blind Squirrel Backlot shows as offline, last spotted 27 days 7 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
There is no region from Blind Squirrel Backlot. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 156.236.84.27:28040.
Which Rust version is Blind Squirrel Backlot on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Blind Squirrel Backlot runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
An estimate from the force wipe gives Blind Squirrel Backlot's next wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it is running now dates from 50 days 6 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
The procedural map on Blind Squirrel Backlot measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 913836496. 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 Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Blind Squirrel Backlot. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.