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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 500 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#14,598top 66%
Region–no continent published · group 20 max
Last wipe8d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

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 66% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

10 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 20 OctThu 1 OctWed 30 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 20 Oct, 00:54 UTC8d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 20:00 UTC FW27d ago 1 halved by day 2 18.2 days 0
Wed 30 Sep, 03:04 UTC28d ago 1 – 1.7 days 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

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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin: The 5x scene, live, Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts20 (Group limit): Teams cap at 20 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^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; osmium (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #14,598 puts [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin in the top 66% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin right now?

The current tally at [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin: 0 players across 500 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin is up and running. About 20 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 237, with 170 as the lowest. At its peak it held 34,757 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,705 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin located?

Its name points to North America, although [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin publishes no region tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 199.47.146.197:28015.

Which Rust version is [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin?

There is no next wipe to predict on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin, because wipes come at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 8 days 22 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin is procedural and 2,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin?

Gather comes at 5x on [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin, according to its name. Teams can reach 20 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. 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 [US] Cynic 5x - 5x PvP, Weekly Wipes, Active Admin?

Enter client.connect 199.47.146.197:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://cynicrust.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts20,^o^z,osmium

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp500
Max players It has 500 slots.
ts20
Group limit Teams cap at 20 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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.

Other

osmium
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.