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Midwest | No Decay | Monthly

Online NA 216.245.177.26:28241 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 100 slots 2% full −2−56%against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 5
Rank#2,973top 13% · #495 in NA
RegionNANA · group 20 max
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246809:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020009:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 27% in NA. 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 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 10hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

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 5, 12 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago 5 – running 1

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 Midwest | No Decay | Monthly?

You'll find Midwest | No Decay | Monthly on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Midwest | No Decay | Monthly: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts20 (Group limit): Teams cap at 20 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Midwest | No Decay | Monthly rank against other Rust servers?

Midwest | No Decay | Monthly takes #2,973 on seven-day player hours, a top 13% spot overall and #495 across North America.

How many players are on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly right now?

2 players are on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 5. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 06:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Server facts

Is Midwest | No Decay | Monthly online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Midwest | No Decay | Monthly is online. About 22 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Midwest | No Decay | Monthly run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 102 server fps, with a low of 87. At its peak it held 111,391 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 2,948 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Midwest | No Decay | Monthly located?

Midwest | No Decay | Monthly uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. 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 216.245.177.26:28241.

Which Rust version is Midwest | No Decay | Monthly on?

On Windows, Midwest | No Decay | Monthly runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 5 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 12 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly?

Wipes on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 27 days 14 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does Midwest | No Decay | Monthly run?

The procedural map on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly measures 4,000 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Midwest | No Decay | Monthly. Teams can reach 20 players. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. The plugin count is Oxide. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join Midwest | No Decay | Monthly?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 216.245.177.26:28241. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/36HsZwQrup.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts20,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp100
Max players There are 100 slots.
ts20
Group limit Teams cap at 20 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

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

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.