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Castaway - 5x PVP

Online 174.176.146.51:28219 checked 13m ago

5x moddedoxide
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#14,509top 65%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe28d agono schedule published
Next wipe6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02.557.51023:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 65% of all ranked servers. 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 6d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:10 UTC FW28d ago 1 – 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Castaway - 5x PVP?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Castaway - 5x PVP: The 5x scene, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on Castaway - 5x PVP mean?

These are the tags Castaway - 5x PVP publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Castaway - 5x PVP rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Castaway - 5x PVP at #14,509, within the top 65% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Castaway - 5x PVP right now?

0 players are on Castaway - 5x PVP at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is Castaway - 5x PVP online, and how reliable is it?

Castaway - 5x PVP is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 15 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Castaway - 5x PVP run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 10, and it never went below 9. Entities reached a maximum of 109,941: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,978 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Castaway - 5x PVP located?

No region is published by Castaway - 5x PVP. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 174.176.146.51:28219.

Which Rust version is Castaway - 5x PVP on?

On Windows, Castaway - 5x PVP runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Castaway - 5x PVP when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Castaway - 5x PVP?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Castaway - 5x PVP, 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. The world it is running now dates from 28 days 2 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Castaway - 5x PVP run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on Castaway - 5x PVP is procedural and 4,000 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. Detroit: Irreparable Damage is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on Castaway - 5x PVP?

The name says it: Castaway - 5x PVP gathers at 5x. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Castaway - 5x PVP?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 174.176.146.51:28219. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.