COOL_CATS
Online EU 46.174.54.20:28015 checked 9m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 22% of all ranked servers, top 58% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 14 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 20:50 UTC25d ago | 3 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include COOL_CATS?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include COOL_CATS: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; 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 COOL_CATS mean?
These are the tags COOL_CATS publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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 is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does COOL_CATS rank against other Rust servers?
COOL_CATS takes #4,911 on seven-day player hours, a top 22% spot overall and #1,696 across Europe.
How many players are on COOL_CATS right now?
The current tally at COOL_CATS: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 4, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 12:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
Server details
Is COOL_CATS online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, COOL_CATS is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 3 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does COOL_CATS run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 154 server fps, with a low of 134. Entities reached a maximum of 68,108: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,924 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is COOL_CATS located?
In Europe, COOL_CATS lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 46.174.54.20:28015.
Which Rust version is COOL_CATS on?
On Linux, COOL_CATS 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 COOL_CATS when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. 14 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on COOL_CATS?
COOL_CATS 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. Its current world has been live for 25 days 13 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
The rules
Which map does COOL_CATS run?
A procedural map of 3,300 with seed 18881 is what COOL_CATS runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on COOL_CATS?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on COOL_CATS. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. Oxide plugins power it. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join COOL_CATS?
Enter client.connect 46.174.54.20:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.