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Zyzzx's Hangout2

Online NA 66.51.99.78:28000 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 50 slots 2% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 3
Rank#3,727top 17% · #612 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe4d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0003:0012:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 24 Oct. 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
12.5k5k7.5k10k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 17% of all ranked servers, top 33% 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 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 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 3, 39 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 24 Oct, 15:29 UTC4d ago 3 – 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Zyzzx's Hangout2?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Zyzzx's Hangout2: Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Zyzzx's Hangout2 mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Zyzzx's Hangout2: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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 is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^k (Build server): Base-building practice and design; ^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; 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.

Player counts

How does Zyzzx's Hangout2 rank against other Rust servers?

Zyzzx's Hangout2 takes #3,727 on seven-day player hours, a top 17% spot overall and #612 across North America.

How many players are on Zyzzx's Hangout2 right now?

The current tally at Zyzzx's Hangout2: 1 players across 50 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 3. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 10:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Server details

Is Zyzzx's Hangout2 online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Zyzzx's Hangout2 is up and running. About 9 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 72 hours in the last 3 full days, it was online for 72, a 100% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 24 October 2026.

Does Zyzzx's Hangout2 run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 28, and it never went below 5. At its peak it held 159,092 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,736 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Zyzzx's Hangout2 located?

Zyzzx's Hangout2 uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 66.51.99.78:28000.

Which Rust version is Zyzzx's Hangout2 on?

On Linux, Zyzzx's Hangout2 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Zyzzx's Hangout2 when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 39 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Zyzzx's Hangout2?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Zyzzx's Hangout2, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 4 days 4 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Zyzzx's Hangout2 run?

Generated by the game with seed 806546393, the map on Zyzzx's Hangout2 is procedural and 5,250 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 Zyzzx's Hangout2?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Zyzzx's Hangout2. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. build & creative is the game mode, build freely in a sandbox, no gathering. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join Zyzzx's Hangout2?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.78:28000. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://www.rustforcewipe.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^k,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
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 is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^k
Build server Base-building practice and design.

Mods and access

^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.

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.