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Online NA 64.40.8.149:28019 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 150 slots 1% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 8
Rank#2,732top 12% · #444 in NA
RegionNANA · group 32 max
Last wipe5d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe1d 10hThu 29 Oct, 21:53 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5212:0021:0006:0016:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608012:0021:0006:0016:0001:0010:00

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 12% of all ranked servers, top 24% in NA. 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 1d 10h. Every Thursday at 21:53 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
20%
crowd held
else halves by day 4.5

Coming wipes

1d 10hThu 29 Oct, 21:53 UTC
8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
15d 10hThu 12 Nov, 21:53 UTC
22d 10hThu 19 Nov, 21:53 UTC
29d 10hThu 26 Nov, 21:53 UTC
36d 7hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
43d 10hThu 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, 28 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 21:53 UTC5d ago 7 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 21:53 UTC12d ago 5 halved by day 5 7 days 1
Thu 8 Oct, 21:53 UTC19d ago 4 held half 7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW26d ago 7 halved by day 3 7.2 days 1
Thu 24 Sep, 21:53 UTC33d ago 11 halved by day 4 6.8 days 2
Thu 17 Sep, 21:53 UTC40d ago 10 halved by day 6 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

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname is published by RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US and by 51 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, Community servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; 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.

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US mean?

For the server browser, RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): It has 150 slots; ts32 (Group limit): Teams cap at 32 players; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US rank against other Rust servers?

RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US takes #2,732 on seven-day player hours, a top 12% spot overall and #444 across North America.

How many players are on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US right now?

The current tally at RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US: 1 players across 150 slots. Peak for the week was 8, against an average of 1 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 06:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

About the server

Is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US online, and how reliable is it?

RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 22 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 52 server fps, with a low of 10. At its peak it held 93,954 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 3,686 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US located?

RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. 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 64.40.8.149:28019.

Which Rust version is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US on?

On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 5 players. 28 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 20% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 4.5 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US?

The wipe rhythm on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US is every Thursday at 21:53 UTC. Come Thursday 29 October at 21:53 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 5 days 13 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

The rules

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US run?

Generated by the game with seed 23045, the map on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US is procedural and 3,750 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. The map name, as written, is RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US?

The name of RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US says nothing about gather rate. A group holds at most 32 players. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. The plugin count is Oxide. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Main | Weekly | US?

Enter client.connect 64.40.8.149:28019 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 mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts32,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players It has 150 slots.
ts32
Group limit Teams cap at 32 players.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits 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.