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Fear Factor

Online 216.225.145.23:10000 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,338top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123411:0020:0005:0013:0023:0008:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

0.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 8hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 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, 12 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 01:37 UTC27d ago 2 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 05:15 UTC28d ago 2 – 0.8 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Fear Factor?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Fear Factor: Modded Rust servers, live and The battlefield crowd, counted. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Fear Factor mean?

These are the tags Fear Factor publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^i (Battlefield): High rates and kits for fast PvP; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Fear Factor rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,338 puts Fear Factor in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Fear Factor right now?

Fear Factor is holding 0 players, with 40 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

About the server

Is Fear Factor online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Fear Factor is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 days 5 hours ago. 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 Fear Factor run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 190, and it never went below 135. The world carried as many as 93,311 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 5,434 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Fear Factor located?

No region is published by Fear Factor. 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 216.225.145.23:10000.

Which Rust version is Fear Factor on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 is the version Fear Factor runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Fear Factor when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 12 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Fear Factor?

Fear Factor wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 8 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Fear Factor run?

Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on Fear Factor is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Fear Factor?

The name of Fear Factor says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. fast PvP with high rates and kits: that is the battlefield mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join Fear Factor?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 216.225.145.23:10000. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^i,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp40
Max players There are 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^i
Battlefield High rates and kits for fast PvP.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^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.