Friend Only
Online 210.131.220.42:28015 checked 34m 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 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Friend Only?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Friend Only: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Friend Only mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Friend Only: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): There are 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2632 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2632; cs161125 (Build): Game build: 161125; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Friend Only rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,284 puts Friend Only in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Friend Only right now?
Friend Only is holding 0 players, with 5 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server facts
Is Friend Only online, and how reliable is it?
Friend Only is live at the moment. About 12 days 4 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Friend Only run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 152, and it never went below 103. The world carried as many as 64,542 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 3,838 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Friend Only located?
No region is published by Friend Only. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 210.131.220.42:28015.
Which Rust version is Friend Only on?
Rust network protocol 2632 and build 161125 is the version Friend Only runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Friend Only?
Friend Only's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 65 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
Which map does Friend Only run?
Generated by the game with seed 17777, the map on Friend Only is procedural and 3,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Friend Only?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Friend Only. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Friend Only?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 210.131.220.42:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.