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Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP

Online 167.114.158.147:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 150 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 11
Rank#1,962top 9%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246812:0021:0006:0015:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020012:0021:0006:0015:0000:0009:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 9% 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 7h. The force wipe · high confidence

36
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 7hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 36, 26 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW26d ago 36 – running 1

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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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP: Modded Rust servers, live and The roleplay set, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP mean?

For the server browser, Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): Slots: 150; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; 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): 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; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP at #1,962, within the top 9% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP right now?

0 players are on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP at the moment, out of 150 slots. Peak for the week was 11, against an average of 2 players. Look at 00:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 6 players on average.

Server facts

Is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP is online. About 22 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 168, a 100% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 127 server fps, with a low of 66. At its peak it held 150,552 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 4,650 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP located?

No region is published by Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP. 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 167.114.158.147:28015.

Which Rust version is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 36 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 26 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 26 days 10 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Rules and settings

Which map does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP run?

A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 1556747066 is what Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

The name of Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. roleplay rules, towns and jobs: that is the roleplay mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. 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. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Enter client.connect 167.114.158.147:28015 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://discord.com/invite/methodgames.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^r,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players Slots: 150.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
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 RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay Roleplay is the focus here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.