Blind Squirrel Backlot
Online 66.51.99.73:28040 checked 10m 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 7h. 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct, 11:34 UTC8d 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.
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 Blind Squirrel Backlot?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Blind Squirrel Backlot: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
For the server browser, Blind Squirrel Backlot lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Blind Squirrel Backlot at #15,411, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Blind Squirrel Backlot right now?
The current tally at Blind Squirrel Backlot: 0 players across 50 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
Server details
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Blind Squirrel Backlot is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 20 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 1 October 2026.
Does Blind Squirrel Backlot run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. At its peak it held 102,716 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 4,146 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
No region is published by Blind Squirrel Backlot. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 66.51.99.73:28040.
Which Rust version is Blind Squirrel Backlot on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version Blind Squirrel Backlot runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Blind Squirrel Backlot when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 8 days 23 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Map and rules
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 913836496 is what Blind Squirrel Backlot runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Blind Squirrel Backlot. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.73:28040. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.