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RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US

Online NA 64.40.8.60:28019 checked 2h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 5/ 100 slots 5% full −4−43%against this time yesterday
7-day average20peak 71
Rank#667top 3% · #107 in NA
RegionNANA · group solo
Last wipe5d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe1d 1hThu 29 Oct, 21:52 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
01020304020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 3% of all ranked servers, top 6% in NA, and #28 of the solo servers (top 13%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 21:52 UTC, in 1d 1h. Every Thursday at 21:52 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
58
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 4

Coming wipes

1d 1hThu 29 Oct, 21:52 UTC
7d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
15d 1hThu 12 Nov, 21:52 UTC
22d 1hThu 19 Nov, 21:52 UTC
29d 1hThu 26 Nov, 21:52 UTC
35d 23hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
43d 1hThu 10 Dec, 21:52 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
020406080+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 71, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 21:52 UTC5d ago 71 – running 11
Thu 15 Oct, 21:52 UTC12d ago 46 halved by day 4 7 days 10
Thu 8 Oct, 21:52 UTC19d ago 56 halved by day 4 7 days 11
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW27d ago 41 halved by day 4 7.2 days 8
Thu 24 Sep, 21:52 UTC33d ago 58 halved by day 5 6.8 days 11
Thu 17 Sep, 21:52 UTC40d ago 61 halved by day 3 7 days 11

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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Tags

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname is published by RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | 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 | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US: Who's hot: beginner Rust servers, Community servers, by the numbers, Solo Rust servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it 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: Solo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Average players: 10+ on average.

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

These are the tags RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts1 (Group limit): No team can exceed 1 players; 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; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; 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 | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US rank against other Rust servers?

RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US takes #667 on seven-day player hours, a top 3% spot overall and #107 across North America. Within the solo category, it sits at #28.

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

The current tally at RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US: 5 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 71, against an average of 20 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 21:00 UTC, averaging 24 players.

Server facts

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

As of now, RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 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 RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 38 server fps, with a low of 38. The world carried as many as 129,527 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 5,101 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US located?

In North America, RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US lists itself with its NA tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 64.40.8.60:28019.

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

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

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

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 58 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 4.

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

Wipes on RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US follow a every Thursday at 21:52 UTC pattern. The next wipe is pencilled in for Thursday 29 October at 21:52 UTC. 5 days 21 hours is when the present world was made. The tags say wipes happen every week.

Rules and settings

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US run?

A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 23244 is what RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

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

The name of RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US says nothing about gather rate. No teams here; it is solo only. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. The plugin count is Oxide. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | SOLO ONLY | Weekly | US?

Enter client.connect 64.40.8.60:28019 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts1,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players There are 100 slots.
ts1
Group limit No team can exceed 1 players.
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.

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 A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.

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.