RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU
Online EU 168.100.161.244:28019 checked 10m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 0.9% of all ranked servers, top 4% in EU, and #14 of the duo servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:53 UTC, in 3h. Every Thursday at 15:53 UTC · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 497, 2 hours in, with 50 in the queue.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 15:53 UTC6d ago | 497+50 queue | – | running | 104 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 15:53 UTC13d ago | 468+24 queue | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 92 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 15:54 UTC20d ago | 523+31 queue | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 107 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:45 UTC FW27d ago | 473 | halved by day 2 | 6.9 days | 21 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 15:53 UTC34d ago | 513+16 queue | halved by day 2 | 7.1 days | 100 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 15:54 UTC41d ago | 478 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 29 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU and 51 other servers we track publish a rustfornoobs.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
You'll find RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, Duo servers, live, European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average.
What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU mean?
These are the tags RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): Slots: 150; ts2 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 2; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^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; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU rank against other Rust servers?
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU takes #206 on seven-day player hours, a top 0.9% spot overall and #105 across Europe. It comes in at #14 among duo servers.
How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU right now?
13 players are on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU at the moment, out of 150 slots. Averaging 91 players across seven days, it topped out at 497. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 52 players.
Server facts
Is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is up and running. About 5 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/Duo | Weekly | EU run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 97, and it never went below 80. The world carried as many as 202,484 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 5,990 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU located?
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU 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 168.100.161.244:28019.
Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU on?
On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 496 players at their busiest. With 50 in the queue, the latest wipe's crowd topped out 2 hours after the wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
The wipe rhythm on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is every Thursday at 15:53 UTC. Thursday 29 October at 15:53 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 20 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.
The rules
Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run?
Generated by the game with seed 18439, the map on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU 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 | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
The name of RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU says nothing about gather rate. A group can hold 2 players at most (duo). It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own word for it is vanilla: 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.
Getting in
How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.161.244:28019. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://rustfornoobs.com.