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ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E

Online NA 168.100.163.3:28018 checked 11m ago

2x monthly wipes moddedoxidepve
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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 50 slots 4% full −3−57%against this time yesterday
7-day average4peak 13
Rank#1,470top 7% · #221 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0510152010:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 7% of all ranked servers, top 12% in NA. 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 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

19
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 9hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 19, 5 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:47 UTC FW27d ago 19 – running 0

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.

Lists and tags

Who runs ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E?

A zombz.com hostname is published by ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E, and by 1 other server we track, so they probably share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E: 2x Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 2x.

What do the server tags on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 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; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^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; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E rank against other Rust servers?

ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E takes #1,470 on seven-day player hours, a top 7% spot overall and #221 across North America.

How many players are on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E right now?

ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E is holding 2 players, with 50 slots in total. Peak for the week was 13, against an average of 4 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 03:00 UTC, averaging 9 players.

Server facts

Is ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 15 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 ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 59 server fps, with a low of 30. At its peak it held 157,266 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 6,352 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E located?

In North America, ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E lists itself with its NA tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 168.100.163.3:28018.

Which Rust version is ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E on?

On Linux, ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 19 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 5 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 27 days 13 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E is procedural and 5,000 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. DISCORD.GG/ZOMBZ is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E?

Going by its name, ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E runs 2x gather. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join ZOMBZ 2X PvE • Custom Raids, NPCs & Bosses|Events|SkillTree|E?

Enter client.connect 168.100.163.3:28018 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://discord.com/invite/ZOMBZ.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 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.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.

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

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.