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OldFarts PVE

Online NA 66.51.99.76:28005 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 100 slots 1% full −1−56%against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 9
Rank#2,789top 13% · #459 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246805:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 25% 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 7d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence

10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 14hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 10, 9 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW27d ago 10 – running 1

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 OldFarts PVE?

You'll find OldFarts PVE on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on OldFarts PVE mean?

For the server browser, OldFarts PVE lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^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): 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.

Population

How does OldFarts PVE rank against other Rust servers?

OldFarts PVE takes #2,789 on seven-day player hours, a top 13% spot overall and #459 across North America.

How many players are on OldFarts PVE right now?

1 players are on OldFarts PVE at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 9. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 23:00 UTC, averaging 7 players.

Server facts

Is OldFarts PVE online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, OldFarts PVE is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 19 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does OldFarts PVE run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 34 server fps, with a low of 5. The world carried as many as 146,733 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,322 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is OldFarts PVE located?

With its NA tag, OldFarts PVE lists 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 66.51.99.76:28005.

Which Rust version is OldFarts PVE on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version OldFarts PVE runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on OldFarts PVE when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 10 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 9 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on OldFarts PVE?

OldFarts PVE wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 10 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does OldFarts PVE run?

A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 287175241 is what OldFarts PVE runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on OldFarts PVE?

No gather rate appears in the name of OldFarts PVE. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join OldFarts PVE?

Enter client.connect 66.51.99.76:28005 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://OldFartCommunity.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp100
Max players There are 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

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 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.