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POLAR | VIP Map Preview

Online EU 168.100.161.191:28025 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 25 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,323top 69% · #2559 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
No wipesresets7 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe–resets, no wipes
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123412:0021:0006:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608012:0021:0006:0014:0000:0009:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep3 Oct13 Oct19 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

New worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 10:04 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 08:01 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 00:02 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 18:02 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 16:02 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 14:04 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 12:04 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Tue 13 Oct, 21:02 UTC15d ago 0 – 12.6 days 0
Tue 13 Oct, 11:02 UTC16d ago 0 – 0.4 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 15:02 UTC16d ago – – – 0
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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

A polarrust.com hostname is published by POLAR | VIP Map Preview and by 5 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include POLAR | VIP Map Preview: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on POLAR | VIP Map Preview mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from POLAR | VIP Map Preview: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp25 (Max players): It has 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does POLAR | VIP Map Preview rank against other Rust servers?

POLAR | VIP Map Preview takes #15,323 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #2,559 across Europe.

How many players are on POLAR | VIP Map Preview right now?

POLAR | VIP Map Preview is holding 0 players, with 25 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is POLAR | VIP Map Preview online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, POLAR | VIP Map Preview is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 59 minutes ago. It was up 35% of the time over the last 7 full days, 59 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 14 September 2026.

Does POLAR | VIP Map Preview run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 60 server fps, with a low of 59. Entities reached a maximum of 65,066: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 1,770 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is POLAR | VIP Map Preview located?

With its EU tag, POLAR | VIP Map Preview lists 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 168.100.161.191:28025.

Which Rust version is POLAR | VIP Map Preview on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version POLAR | VIP Map Preview runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

What is the wipe schedule on POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

A new world arrives on POLAR | VIP Map Preview every few hours, which means there is no wipe schedule to follow and no reset that counts as a wipe.

The rules

Which map does POLAR | VIP Map Preview run?

Download the published map file from this page: it is a custom map of 3,500 on POLAR | VIP Map Preview.

What are the rules and settings on POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

The name of POLAR | VIP Map Preview says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.161.191:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://polarrust.com/store.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp25
Max players It has 25 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks it wipes.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits under Europe.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust.

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.