The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)
Online NA 66.51.99.23:28015 checked 2h 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 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 11% of all ranked servers, top 21% in NA, and #142 of the quad servers (top 17%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 19:43 UTC, in 23h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 19:43 UTC6d ago | 7 | – | running | 1 |
| Tue 20 Oct, 01:38 UTC8d ago | 3 | held half | 2.8 days | 0 |
| Sun 18 Oct, 14:34 UTC10d ago | 2 | – | 1.5 days | 0 |
| Sat 19 Sep, 16:48 UTC39d ago | 1 | halved by day 4 | 28.9 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Old Man Server (5X Weekly): The 5x scene, live, Community servers, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 5x.
What do the server tags on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) mean?
These are the tags The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) rank against other Rust servers?
The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) takes #2,478 on seven-day player hours, a top 11% spot overall and #396 across North America. The quad field places it at #142.
How many players are on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) right now?
The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) is holding 6 players, with 50 slots in total. Peak for the week was 7, against an average of 2 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 6 players.
Server facts
Is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) is online. About 3 days 3 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 18 September 2026.
Does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 25 server fps, with a low of 5. At its peak it held 100,610 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 3,846 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) located?
In North America, The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) lists itself with its NA 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 66.51.99.23:28015.
Which Rust version is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 4 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 3 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 4 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
The prediction follows its tag, since too few of The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)'s wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Thursday 29 October at 19:43 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 6 days. Weekly is the wipe rhythm its tags set out.
The rules
Which map does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) run?
Generated by the game with seed 548428453, the map on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) is procedural and 4,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
Gather comes at 5x on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly), according to its name. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). 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. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.23:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.