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The Unknown PVE

Online NA 167.160.93.165:28025 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 6
Rank#2,481top 11% · #396 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe10d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe3d 16hSun 1 Nov, 16:00 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0008:0016:0004:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510000:0008:0016:0004:0012:0021:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 11% of all ranked servers, top 21% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Sunday 1 November, 16:00 UTC, in 3d 16h. Its biweekly schedule tag · low confidence

14 days
usual gap
between real wipes
67%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
67%
crowd held
else halves by day 5

Coming wipes

3d 16hSun 1 Nov, 16:00 UTC
7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
17d 16hSun 15 Nov, 16:00 UTC
31d 16hSun 29 Nov, 16:00 UTC
35d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 18 OctThu 15 OctThu 1 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 5 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 18 Oct, 16:00 UTC10d ago 6 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 19:15 UTC13d ago 5 held half 2.9 days 1
Thu 1 Oct, 18:05 UTC FW27d ago 8 halved by day 5 14 days 1
Thu 17 Sep, 18:59 UTC41d ago 4 held half 14 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

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Unknown PVE?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Unknown PVE: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on The Unknown PVE mean?

These are the tags The Unknown PVE publishes for the browser: 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; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on 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; ^b (Biweekly): It wipes on a two-week cycle; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does The Unknown PVE rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, The Unknown PVE sits at #2,481, inside the top 11% of ranked servers and at #396 in North America.

How many players are on The Unknown PVE right now?

The current tally at The Unknown PVE: 0 players across 50 slots. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 6. Look at 00:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 3 players on average.

About the server

Is The Unknown PVE online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, The Unknown PVE is up and running. About 4 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 98%, with 165 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does The Unknown PVE run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 78 server fps, with a low of 6. Entities reached a maximum of 94,862: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,793 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is The Unknown PVE located?

In North America, The Unknown PVE lists itself with its NA 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 167.160.93.165:28025.

Which Rust version is The Unknown PVE on?

On Windows, The Unknown PVE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on The Unknown PVE when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 6 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 5 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 67% of the time. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 5.

What is the wipe schedule on The Unknown PVE?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of The Unknown PVE's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Sunday 1 November at 16:00 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. 10 days 7 hours is when the present world was made. The tags list a fortnightly wipe schedule.

Rules and settings

Which map does The Unknown PVE run?

Generated by the game with seed 1156067853, the map on The Unknown PVE is procedural and 3,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on The Unknown PVE?

The name of The Unknown PVE says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join The Unknown PVE?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 167.160.93.165:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/KxaRqjQKbj.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

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.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on 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

^b
Biweekly It wipes on a two-week cycle.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.

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.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.