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Online NA 216.39.240.146:28014 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 100 slots 2% full +1+100%against this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 7
Rank#1,977top 9% · #304 in NA
RegionNANA · group trio
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe5hThu 29 Oct, 21:53 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246817:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 9% of all ranked servers, top 16% in NA, and #174 of the trio servers (top 28%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 21:53 UTC, in 5h. Every Thursday at 21:53 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
80%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

Coming wipes

5hThu 29 Oct, 21:53 UTC
7d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 5hThu 12 Nov, 21:53 UTC
21d 5hThu 19 Nov, 21:53 UTC
28d 5hThu 26 Nov, 21:53 UTC
35d 2hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 5hThu 10 Dec, 21:53 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 19 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 21:53 UTC6d ago 7 – running 1
Thu 15 Oct, 21:53 UTC13d ago 7 held half 7 days 2
Thu 8 Oct, 21:53 UTC20d ago 5 held half 7 days 2
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW27d ago 8 halved by day 3 7.2 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 21:53 UTC34d ago 6 held half 6.8 days 3
Thu 17 Sep, 21:53 UTC41d ago 6 held half 7 days 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.

Tags

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname is published by RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits and by 52 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, The 5x scene, live, Modded Rust servers, live, Trio servers: who's hot, who's slipping and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Trio; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts3 (Group limit): Teams cap at 3 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): Every week brings a wipe; ^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; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits sits at #1,977, inside the top 9% of ranked servers and at #304 in North America. The trio field places it at #174.

How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits right now?

RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits is holding 2 players, with 100 slots in total. Peak for the week was 7, against an average of 2 players. Look at 18:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 5 players on average.

About the server

Is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits is online. About 3 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. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 66 server fps, with a low of 10. At its peak it held 114,005 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 4,290 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits located?

In North America, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits lists itself with its NA tag. 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 216.39.240.146:28014.

Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits on?

On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits 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 RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 6 players. 19 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 80% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits?

The wipe rhythm on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits is every Thursday at 21:53 UTC. Thursday 29 October at 21:53 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 18 hours. Weekly is the wipe rhythm its tags set out.

The rules

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits run?

The procedural map on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits measures 3,750 and comes from the game with seed 23045. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits?

Going by its name, RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits runs 5x gather. A group can hold 3 players at most (trio). the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: 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. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | 5x | Solo Duo Trio |x5 US | No BPs | Kits?

Enter client.connect 216.39.240.146:28014 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://rustfornoobs.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts3,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts3
Group limit Teams cap at 3 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Every week brings a wipe.

Mods and access

^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.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.