Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 12m 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 41% of all ranked servers, top 75% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. 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 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:31 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Natural Selection?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Natural Selection: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
These are the tags Natural Selection publishes for the browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp75 (Max players): Slots: 75; ts0 (Group limit): No teams here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode from Facepunch means harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to get in; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Natural Selection rank against other Rust servers?
Natural Selection takes #9,068 on seven-day player hours, a top 41% spot overall and #2,177 across Europe.
How many players are on Natural Selection right now?
The current tally at Natural Selection: 0 players across 75 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Natural Selection is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 16 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 1 October 2026.
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. At its peak it held 204,250 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 5,073 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Natural Selection located?
Natural Selection uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Which Rust version is Natural Selection on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Natural Selection runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Natural Selection when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
Wipes on Natural Selection come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 27 days 17 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Map and rules
Which map does Natural Selection run?
Natural Selection runs a procedural map of 6,000, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Natural Selection. The group limit goes unpublished. Facepunch's most punishing mode: that is the hardcore mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. You need Rust's premium status to get in. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Natural Selection?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You need Rust's premium status to get in.