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Online EU 168.100.161.142:28019 checked 6m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 4/ 100 slots 4% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average4peak 16
Rank#1,591top 7% · #630 in EU
RegionEUEU · group trio
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe2hThu 29 Oct, 15:52 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246814:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608014:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 7% of all ranked servers, top 22% in EU, and #144 of the trio servers (top 23%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:52 UTC, in 2h. Every Thursday at 15:52 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
40%
crowd held
else halves by day 5

Coming wipes

2hThu 29 Oct, 15:52 UTC
7d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 2hThu 12 Nov, 15:52 UTC
21d 2hThu 19 Nov, 15:52 UTC
28d 2hThu 26 Nov, 15:52 UTC
35d 5hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 2hThu 10 Dec, 15:52 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 16, 27 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 15:52 UTC6d ago 16 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 15:52 UTC13d ago 5 halved by day 6 7 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 15:53 UTC20d ago 8 held half 7 days 2
Thu 1 Oct, 17:46 UTC FW27d ago 10 held half 6.9 days 2
Thu 24 Sep, 15:52 UTC34d ago 12 halved by day 5 7.1 days 4
Thu 17 Sep, 15:53 UTC41d ago 13 halved by day 4 7 days 3

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

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname is published by RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits and by 51 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, The 5x scene, live, European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Trio servers: who's hot, who's slipping. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Trio; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits mean?

For the server browser, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts3 (Group limit): Teams cap at 3 players; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits rank against other Rust servers?

RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits takes #1,591 on seven-day player hours, a top 7% spot overall and #630 across Europe. Within the trio category, it sits at #144.

How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits right now?

The current tally at RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits: 4 players across 100 slots. Averaging 4 players across seven days, it topped out at 16. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 12:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Server details

Is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits online, and how reliable is it?

RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 41, and it never went below 10. At its peak it held 116,290 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,635 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits located?

In Europe, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits lists itself with its EU 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 168.100.161.142:28019.

Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 10 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 27 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 40% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 5 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits?

RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits keeps to a every Thursday at 15:52 UTC wipe rhythm. Come Thursday 29 October at 15:52 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 21 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

Rules and settings

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits run?

Generated by the game with seed 18240, the map on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits is procedural and 3,750 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. On the map name: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits?

Gather comes at 5x on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits, according to its name. trio is the group rule, capping teams at 3 players. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 EU | No BPs | Kits?

Enter client.connect 168.100.161.142:28019 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://rustfornoobs.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts3,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp100
Max players It has 100 slots.
ts3
Group limit Teams cap at 3 players.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

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.

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.