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Mystery - PL only

Online 161.97.99.147:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 10 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#6,048top 27%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123406:0015:0000:0010:0019:0004:00

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 25 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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep2 Oct8 Oct15 Oct21 Oct28 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 16 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 21:57 UTC FW26d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Mystery - PL only?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Mystery - PL only: 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: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Mystery - PL only mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Mystery - PL only: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Mystery - PL only rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Mystery - PL only at #6,048, within the top 27% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Mystery - PL only right now?

Mystery - PL only is holding 0 players, with 10 slots in total. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players.

About the server

Is Mystery - PL only online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Mystery - PL only is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 minutes ago. It was up 68% of the time over the last 7 full days, 115 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 September 2026.

Does Mystery - PL only run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 26, with 4 as the lowest. At its peak it held 93,129 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 2,448 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Mystery - PL only located?

Its name points to Europe, although Mystery - PL only publishes no region tag. 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 161.97.99.147:28015.

Which Rust version is Mystery - PL only on?

On Windows, Mystery - PL only 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 Mystery - PL only when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 16 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on Mystery - PL only?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Mystery - PL only, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 7 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does Mystery - PL only run?

A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 1972780247 is what Mystery - PL only runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Mystery - PL only?

The name of Mystery - PL only says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join Mystery - PL only?

Enter client.connect 161.97.99.147:28015 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp10
Max players It has 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^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.