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[EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge

Online EU 213.136.90.245:28015 checked 11m ago

3x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#7,494top 34% · #2039 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe4d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe8d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75121:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608021:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 34% of all ranked servers, top 70% in EU. 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 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

10.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 16

Coming wipes

8d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
9d 9hFri 6 Nov, 06:31 UTC
23d 9hFri 20 Nov, 06:31 UTC
36d 22hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
37d 9hFri 4 Dec, 06:31 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctSun 4 OctThu 1 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 06:31 UTC4d ago 2 – running 0
Sun 4 Oct, 20:35 UTC23d ago 2 halved by day 16 18.4 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 15:02 UTC26d ago 2 – 3.2 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

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge: 3x Rust servers, live, European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 3x.

What do the server tags on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge mean?

For the server browser, [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^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; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge sits at #7,494, inside the top 34% of ranked servers and at #2,039 in Europe.

How many players are on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge right now?

The current tally at [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Look at 16:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

About the server

Is [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge is online. About 12 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 56 server fps, with a low of 12. The world carried as many as 90,046 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,516 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge located?

With its EU tag, [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge lists itself in Europe. 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 213.136.90.245:28015.

Which Rust version is [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge on?

On Windows, [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 16 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge?

Its tag sets the prediction, because [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge's recorded wipes are too few 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. 4 days 14 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe every two weeks is what its tags promise.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge run?

A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 583721 is what [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge?

Gather comes at 3x on [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge, according to its name. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join [EU] CACTUS PUNCH [BETA] | PvE X3 | Evolution | Purge?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 213.136.90.245:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,EU,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
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 It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks it wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here.

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.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits under Europe.

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.