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RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C

Online EU 37.156.35.90:28046 checked 1h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 3/ 300 slots 1% full +2+177%against this time yesterday
7-day average23peak 293
Rank#621top 3% · #289 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe20hThu 29 Oct, 15:01 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246819:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 3% of all ranked servers, top 10% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:01 UTC, in 20h. Every Thursday at 15:01 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
289
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

20hThu 29 Oct, 15:01 UTC
8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 20hThu 12 Nov, 15:01 UTC
21d 20hThu 19 Nov, 15:01 UTC
28d 20hThu 26 Nov, 15:01 UTC
36d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 20hThu 10 Dec, 15:01 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
0100200300400+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 293, 2 hours in, with 46 in the queue.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 15:01 UTC6d ago 293+46 queue – running 64
Thu 15 Oct, 15:00 UTC13d ago 280 halved by day 1 7 days 37
Thu 8 Oct, 15:01 UTC20d ago 293+22 queue halved by day 1 7 days 43
Thu 1 Oct, 18:02 UTC FW27d ago 18 halved by day 2 6.9 days 9
Thu 24 Sep, 15:00 UTC34d ago 294+56 queue halved by day 1 7.1 days 45
Thu 17 Sep, 15:01 UTC41d ago 283+21 queue halved by day 1 7 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

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Server tags

Who runs RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C?

The same operator most likely runs RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C and 10 other servers we track, since all publish a rustvikings.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C?

You'll find RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Average players: 10+ on average.

What do the server tags on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp300 (Max players): It has 300 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; 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 RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C rank against other Rust servers?

RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C takes #621 on seven-day player hours, a top 3% spot overall and #289 across Europe.

How many players are on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C right now?

3 players are on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C at the moment, out of 300 slots. Averaging 23 players across seven days, it topped out at 293. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 14:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

About the server

Is RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C online, and how reliable is it?

RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 15 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 30. At its peak it held 115,781 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 3,885 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C located?

With its EU tag, RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C 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 37.156.35.90:28046.

Which Rust version is RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C on?

On Linux, RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C 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 RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 289 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked, and 46 more were queued. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C?

Wipes on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C follow a every Thursday at 15:01 UTC pattern. Come Thursday 29 October at 15:01 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 3 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

The rules

Which map does RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C run?

Generated by the game with seed 589396, the map on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C is procedural and 3,750 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C?

The name of RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join RustVikings | Solo/Duo/Trio | Thursdays | FULLWIPE 22/10 17:00C?

Enter client.connect 37.156.35.90:28046 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://rustvikings.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp300
Max players It has 300 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

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

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.