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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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WildHunt

Online 157.85.87.37:28138 checked 11m ago

quad moddedoxidesoftcore
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,262top 69%
Region–no continent published · group quad
Last wipe8d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
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Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 21 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #614 of the quad servers (top 74%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

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wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 21:56 UTC8d ago 1 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include WildHunt?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include WildHunt: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on WildHunt mean?

For the server browser, WildHunt lists these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does WildHunt rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,262 puts WildHunt in the top 69% of all ranked servers. It comes in at #614 among quad servers.

How many players are on WildHunt right now?

The current tally at WildHunt: 0 players across 40 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is WildHunt online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, WildHunt is online. About 5 days ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 85% of the time over the last 7 full days, 143 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 21 October 2026.

Does WildHunt run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 227, with 191 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 30,071: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,984 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is WildHunt located?

No region is published by WildHunt. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 157.85.87.37:28138.

Which Rust version is WildHunt on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version WildHunt runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on WildHunt when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on WildHunt?

WildHunt's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 8 days 2 hours.

The rules

Which map does WildHunt run?

The procedural map on WildHunt measures 2,500 and comes from the game with seed 50000. 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 WildHunt?

The name of WildHunt says nothing about gather rate. quad is the group rule, capping teams at 4 players. It runs softcore, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join WildHunt?

Enter client.connect 157.85.87.37:28138 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4,^o^z

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier ruleset, softcore.
mp40
Max players There are 40 slots.
ts4
Group limit Teams cap at 4 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.