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The Balls are Inert

Offline 27.33.229.233:28015 checked 3d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 10 slots 10% full
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#10,447top 47%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe16d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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
15k10k15k20k12 Oct15 Oct18 Oct22 Oct26 Oct29 Oct

Top 47% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 12 Oct, 11:13 UTC16d ago 1 – running 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 The Balls are Inert?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Balls are Inert: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on The Balls are Inert mean?

These are the tags The Balls are Inert publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 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; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does The Balls are Inert rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #10,447 puts The Balls are Inert in the top 47% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on The Balls are Inert right now?

Offline now, The Balls are Inert was last spotted 3 days 18 hours ago. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.

About the server

Is The Balls are Inert online, and how reliable is it?

Down at the moment: The Balls are Inert was last seen 3 days 18 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 6%, with 10 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 12 October 2026.

Where is The Balls are Inert located?

There is no region from The Balls are Inert. 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 27.33.229.233:28015.

Which Rust version is The Balls are Inert on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Balls are Inert runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on The Balls are Inert when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on The Balls are Inert?

Too few wipes are on record for The Balls are Inert to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 16 days 16 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does The Balls are Inert run?

The map on The Balls are Inert is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on The Balls are Inert?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Balls are Inert. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join The Balls are Inert?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 27.33.229.233:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp10
Max players It has 10 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.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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.