Ares PVP
Online EU 194.147.90.23:28015 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 64% of all ranked servers, top 85% in EU. 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 3, 4 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 06:47 UTC24d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Ares PVP?
You'll find Ares PVP on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Ares PVP mean?
These are the tags Ares PVP publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts5 (Group limit): No team can exceed 5 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptsw (Networking): This server uses 'sw' as its network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore mode: harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^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; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Ares PVP rank against other Rust servers?
Ares PVP takes #14,316 on seven-day player hours, a top 64% spot overall and #2,478 across Europe.
How many players are on Ares PVP right now?
The current tally at Ares PVP: 0 players across 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server facts
Is Ares PVP online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Ares PVP is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 7 days 7 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Ares PVP run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 109, and it never went below 68. The world carried as many as 49,911 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,823 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Ares PVP located?
In Europe, Ares PVP lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 194.147.90.23:28015.
Which Rust version is Ares PVP on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version Ares PVP runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Ares PVP when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 4 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Ares PVP?
The record of Ares PVP's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 24 days 3 hours.
The rules
Which map does Ares PVP run?
The procedural map on Ares PVP measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 1396301112. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Ares PVP?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Ares PVP. A group holds at most 5 players. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join Ares PVP?
Enter client.connect 194.147.90.23:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.