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Celebrity profile · EU

RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |

Online EU 168.100.161.18:28014 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 100 slots 1% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 9
Rank#2,006top 9% · #780 in EU
RegionEUEU · group solo
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246816:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

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 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 9% of all ranked servers, top 27% in EU, and #93 of the solo servers (top 42%). 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 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 3hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 22 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW27d ago 8 – running 2

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

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |?

The same operator most likely runs RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | and 51 other servers we track, since all publish a rustfornoobs.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |?

You'll find RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Solo Rust servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Solo; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | mean?

For the server browser, RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | lists these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts1 (Group limit): No team can exceed 1 players; 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 is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Part of your inventory stays with you on death in Facepunch's softcore mode; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | rank against other Rust servers?

RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | takes #2,006 on seven-day player hours, a top 9% spot overall and #780 across Europe. It comes in at #93 among solo servers.

How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | right now?

The current tally at RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |: 1 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 9, against an average of 2 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Server details

Is RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | is up and running. About 8 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 38, and it never went below 10. The world carried as many as 97,167 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 3,527 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | located?

RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 168.100.161.18:28014.

Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | on?

On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 8 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 22 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |?

Wipes on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | come once a month, alongside 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 27 days 21 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | run?

The procedural map on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 13942. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |?

The name of RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | says nothing about gather rate. You play alone, because the server is solo only. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe |?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.161.18:28014. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://rustfornoobs.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,EU,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts1,^o

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier ruleset, softcore.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts1
Group limit No team can exceed 1 players.
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 is listed.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^s
Softcore Part of your inventory stays with you on death in Facepunch's softcore mode.

Mods and access

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

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits 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.