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FAFO 5x

Online NA 66.51.96.50:28045 checked 8m ago

5x monthly wipes moddedoxide
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 75 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,290top 69% · #1497 in NA
RegionNANA · group 6 max
Last wipe28d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246800:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 80% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:36 UTC FW28d ago 0 – 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.

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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 FAFO 5x?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include FAFO 5x: The 5x scene, live, Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on FAFO 5x mean?

These are the tags FAFO 5x publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): There are 75 slots; ts6 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 6; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does FAFO 5x rank against other Rust servers?

FAFO 5x takes #15,290 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,497 across North America.

How many players are on FAFO 5x right now?

The current tally at FAFO 5x: 0 players across 75 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server details

Is FAFO 5x online, and how reliable is it?

FAFO 5x is live at the moment. About 21 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does FAFO 5x run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. The world carried as many as 97,647 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 3,244 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is FAFO 5x located?

FAFO 5x 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. Connect at 66.51.96.50:28045.

Which Rust version is FAFO 5x on?

On Linux, FAFO 5x 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 FAFO 5x when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on FAFO 5x?

Wipes on FAFO 5x come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 28 days 3 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does FAFO 5x run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on FAFO 5x is procedural and 4,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on FAFO 5x?

The name says it: FAFO 5x gathers at 5x. Teams can reach 6 players. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join FAFO 5x?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.96.50:28045. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts6,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp75
Max players There are 75 slots.
ts6
Group limit Each team is capped at 6.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
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

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is 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.