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FriendsCore

Online 178.140.221.43:28015 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 500 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#13,725top 62%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe25d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 62% 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 7d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 12 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 19:35 UTC25d ago 3 – 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include FriendsCore?

You'll find FriendsCore on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on FriendsCore mean?

For the server browser, FriendsCore lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptsw (Networking): It runs on the 'sw' network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does FriendsCore rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank FriendsCore at #13,725, within the top 62% of ranked servers.

How many players are on FriendsCore right now?

The current tally at FriendsCore: 0 players across 500 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is FriendsCore online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, FriendsCore is online. About 2 days 10 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does FriendsCore run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 187 server fps, with a low of 124. Entities reached a maximum of 206,256: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,741 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is FriendsCore located?

No region is published by FriendsCore. 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 178.140.221.43:28015.

Which Rust version is FriendsCore on?

On Windows, FriendsCore runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on FriendsCore when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 3 players at their busiest. 12 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on FriendsCore?

FriendsCore wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 25 days 2 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does FriendsCore run?

A procedural map of 6,000 with seed 717284259 is what FriendsCore runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on FriendsCore?

No gather rate appears in the name of FriendsCore. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins power it. 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 FriendsCore?

Enter client.connect 178.140.221.43:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://kupol.at.ua/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptsw,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp500
Max players Slots: 500.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptsw
Networking It runs on the 'sw' network layer.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.
^y
Carbon This server uses Carbon for plugins.

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.