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RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E

Online EU 168.100.161.18:28019 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 9
Rank#2,167top 10% · #835 in EU
RegionEUEU · group duo
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246804:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608004:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

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 10% of all ranked servers, top 29% in EU, and #151 of the duo servers (top 36%). 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 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02.557.510+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 10, 26 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW27d ago 10 – running 5

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

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname is published by RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E and by 51 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E?

You'll find RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, Duo servers, live, European Rust servers, live and Community 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: Duo; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E mean?

For the server browser, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E lists these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules make it easier; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts2 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 2; 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; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): In Facepunch's softcore mode, part of your inventory survives death; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is 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 | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E sits at #2,167, inside the top 10% of ranked servers and at #835 in Europe. Within the duo category, it sits at #151.

How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E right now?

The current tally at RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E: 0 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 9, against an average of 2 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Server facts

Is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 20 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 35 server fps, with a low of 10. At its peak it held 109,508 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 4,119 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E located?

RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 168.100.161.18:28019.

Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E on?

On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 10 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 26 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E?

Wipes on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E 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. 27 days 9 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E run?

The procedural map on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E measures 3,750 and comes from the game with seed 13942. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. RustForNoobs Generated Maps is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E?

The name of RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E says nothing about gather rate. The cap on groups is 2 players (duo). It runs softcore, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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/Duo | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | E?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.161.18:28019. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://rustfornoobs.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,EU,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts2,^o

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode Softcore rules make it easier.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts2
Group limit Each team is capped at 2.
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

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

Difficulty

^s
Softcore In Facepunch's softcore mode, part of your inventory survives death.

Mods and access

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

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is 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.