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Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main

Online 194.69.160.117:28015 checked 15m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 477/ 500 slots 95% full · 5 in queue +462×32against this time yesterday
7-day average127peak 865
Rank#118top 0.5%
Region–no continent published · group 16 max
Last wipe4h agoweekly schedule
Next wipe7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
020040060080019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 13:59 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
01020304019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 13:59 UTCWIPE

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 0.5% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
462
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
13d 19hThu 12 Nov, 13:59 UTC
20d 19hThu 19 Nov, 13:59 UTC
27d 19hThu 26 Nov, 13:59 UTC
35d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
41d 19hThu 10 Dec, 13:59 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
02505007501k+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 928, 4 hours in, with 46 in the queue.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 13:59 UTC4h ago – – running 37
Thu 22 Oct, 13:59 UTC7d ago 928+46 queue – – 69
Thu 15 Oct, 13:59 UTC14d ago 112 halved by day 1 7 days 30
Thu 8 Oct, 13:59 UTC21d ago 345 halved by day 1 7 days 73
Thu 1 Oct, 18:01 UTC FW28d ago 183 halved by day 1 6.8 days 11
Thu 24 Sep, 13:58 UTC35d ago 758+30 queue halved by day 2 7.2 days 75
Thu 17 Sep, 13:59 UTC42d ago 260 halved by day 1 7 days 7

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

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Tags

Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main?

The same operator most likely runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main and 16 other servers we track, since all publish a rplayrust.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main: European Rust servers, live, Official Rust servers, watched and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Players now: At least 200; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main mean?

For the server browser, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main lists these tags: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 slots; ts16 (Group limit): No team can exceed 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; rustmaps (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main at #118, within the top 0.5% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main right now?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main has 477 of its 500 slots filled at the moment, and 5 more in the queue. Averaging 127 players across seven days, it topped out at 865. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 16:00 UTC, averaging 397 players.

About the server

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 1 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 30, with 19 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 180,501: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 6,302 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main located?

No region tag comes from Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main, but its name points to Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 194.69.160.117:28015.

Which Rust version is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 462 players. 4 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked, and 46 more were queued. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main?

Wipes on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main follow a every Thursday at 13:59 UTC pattern. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it is running now dates from 4 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

Map and rules

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main run?

The custom map on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main measures 4,000, and its published file can be downloaded from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main?

No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main. Teams can reach 16 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The in-game Official tab is where it lives. Oxide plugins power it. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Main?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 194.69.160.117:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts16,^o,rustmaps

On Rust Pop Watch

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp500
Max players There are 500 slots.
ts16
Group limit No team can exceed 16 players.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.