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Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput

Online EU 46.4.52.175:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 6/ 150 slots 4% full +4+279%against this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 14
Rank#2,014top 9% · #782 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246822:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 9% of all ranked servers, top 27% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

14 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
12
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 4

Coming wipes

7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
21d 20hThu 19 Nov, 18:07 UTC
35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 1 Oct
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 14, 26 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 18:07 UTC6d ago 14 – running 0
Thu 15 Oct, 17:43 UTC13d ago 12 halved by day 4 7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:42 UTC FW27d ago 9 halved by day 4 14 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 18:07 UTC41d ago 8 halved by day 10 14 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.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput?

You'll find Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp150 (Max players): It has 150 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput sits at #2,014, inside the top 9% of ranked servers and at #782 in Europe.

How many players are on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput right now?

6 players are on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput at the moment, out of 150 slots. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 14. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 22:00 UTC, averaging 7 players.

Server facts

Is Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 15 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 183, and it never went below 97. Entities reached a maximum of 135,290: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,187 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput located?

In Europe, Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput lists itself with its EU tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 46.4.52.175:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

What happens on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 12 players. 26 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 4.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput?

Wipes on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput follow a every other Thursday at 18:07 UTC pattern. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 6 days 3 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe every two weeks is what its tags promise.

The rules

Which map does Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput run?

A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1337 is what Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Rust Explora / PVE + PVP zones / Raidable Bases / Convoy / Sput?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 46.4.52.175:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://rust-explora.org/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^b,EU,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp150
Max players It has 150 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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks it wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework called Carbon is running here.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is 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.