[UK] The Circle
Offline 188.40.106.248:28135 checked 10d 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 25 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 26 Sep, 12:53 UTC32d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [UK] The Circle?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [UK] The Circle: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on [UK] The Circle mean?
These are the tags [UK] The Circle publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does [UK] The Circle rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,266 puts [UK] The Circle in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [UK] The Circle right now?
[UK] The Circle went quiet 10 days 4 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is [UK] The Circle online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: [UK] The Circle was last seen 10 days 4 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 25 September 2026.
Where is [UK] The Circle located?
No region tag comes from [UK] The Circle, but its name points to 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 188.40.106.248:28135.
Which Rust version is [UK] The Circle on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version [UK] The Circle runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on [UK] The Circle when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [UK] The Circle?
Too few wipes are on record for [UK] The Circle to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 32 days 16 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does [UK] The Circle run?
The procedural map on [UK] The Circle measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 707334229. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on [UK] The Circle?
No gather rate appears in the name of [UK] The Circle. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join [UK] The Circle?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 188.40.106.248:28135. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.