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OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors

Online 204.191.220.196:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#11,449top 51%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe28d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe6d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75103:0012:0022:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040003:0012:0022:0007:0016:0001:00

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 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 51% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
13d 17hThu 12 Nov, 20:09 UTC
20d 17hThu 19 Nov, 20:09 UTC
27d 17hThu 26 Nov, 20:09 UTC
34d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
41d 17hThu 10 Dec, 20:09 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+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
Thu 1 Oct, 20:09 UTC FW28d ago 0 – 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

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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

You'll find OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly.

What do the server tags on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors mean?

For the server browser, OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; 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; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^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; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Population

How does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors at #11,449, in the top 51% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors right now?

The current tally at OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors: 0 players across 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 07:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server details

Is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors is up and running. About 3 days 3 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 152 server fps, with a low of 85. The world carried as many as 47,783 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 2,134 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors located?

No region is published by OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 204.191.220.196:28015.

Which Rust version is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 28 days 6 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

The rules

Which map does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors run?

A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 1774623046 is what OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors 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 OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

The name of OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

Enter client.connect 204.191.220.196:28015 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://www.obsidianworlds.com/rust/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp100
Max players It has 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
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.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

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.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.