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Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+

Online EU 157.173.27.66:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 500 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 20
Rank#2,953top 13% · #1118 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 16 max
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe6hFri 30 Oct, 10:07 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75104:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304004:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 38% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Friday 30 October, 10:07 UTC, in 6h. Every Friday at 10:07 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

6hFri 30 Oct, 10:07 UTC
6d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
7d 6hFri 6 Nov, 10:07 UTC
14d 6hFri 13 Nov, 10:07 UTC
21d 6hFri 20 Nov, 10:07 UTC
28d 6hFri 27 Nov, 10:07 UTC
34d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 6hFri 4 Dec, 10:07 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctFri 16 OctFri 9 Oct
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 20, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 10:07 UTC6d ago 20 – running 0
Fri 16 Oct, 10:07 UTC13d ago 2 halved by day 2 7 days 0
Fri 9 Oct, 10:07 UTC20d ago 1 halved by day 2 7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:07 UTC FW28d ago 1 halved by day 1 7.7 days 0
Fri 25 Sep, 10:06 UTC34d ago 2 halved by day 2 6.3 days 0
Fri 18 Sep, 10:06 UTC41d ago 3 halved by day 5 7 days 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

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Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+?

You'll find Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 2x Rust servers, live, European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 2x.

What do the server tags on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ mean?

These are the tags Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts16 (Group limit): No team can exceed 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here; 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.

Population

How does Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ sits at #2,953, inside the top 13% of ranked servers and at #1,118 in Europe.

How many players are on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ right now?

0 players are on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ at the moment, out of 500 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 20. Look at 20:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

Server details

Is Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ is online. About 21 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 30, with 30 as the lowest. At its peak it held 267,307 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 7,820 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ located?

In Europe, Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 157.173.27.66:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ on?

On Linux, Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 8 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 3 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+?

Wipes on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ follow a every Friday at 10:07 UTC pattern. Come Friday 30 October at 10:07 UTC, the next wipe is expected. Its current world has been live for 6 days 17 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ run?

The procedural map on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+ measures 4,750 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. The map name, as written, is discord.gg/rustarena.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+?

Gather comes at 2x on Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+, according to its name. A group holds at most 16 players. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Carbon plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: 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.

Join up

How do I join Rust Arena - EU 2X Weekly (Friday) | Vanilla+?

Enter client.connect 157.173.27.66:28015 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://rustarena.gg.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^w,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts16

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp500
Max players It has 500 slots.
ts16
Group limit No team can exceed 16 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework called Carbon 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.