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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 24 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#12,437top 56% · #2404 in EU
RegiongerEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123407:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608007:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 56% of all ranked servers, top 82% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

2.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctTue 29 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:39 UTC FW27d ago 0 – running 0
Tue 29 Sep, 13:19 UTC29d ago 0 – 2.2 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc.?

You'll find RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc.: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp24 (Max players): There are 24 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $rger (Region code): It carries region code ger; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. sits at #12,437, inside the top 56% of ranked servers and at #2,404 in Europe.

How many players are on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. right now?

0 players are on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. at the moment, out of 24 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

About the server

Is RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. is up and running. About 22 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 60, and it never went below 60. At its peak it held 1,952 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 1,896 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. located?

RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. uses the EU tag to list itself in Europe, and the region code is ger. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 72.61.181.165:28015.

Which Rust version is RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. on?

On Linux, RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc.?

Too few wipes are on record for RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 27 days 12 hours is when the present world was made.

The rules

Which map does RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. run?

The procedural map on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. measures 1,000 and comes from the game with seed 20260829. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc.?

The name of RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc. says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join RustPotato.com | 18 Tutorials: Genetics, Elec, Heli etc.?

Enter client.connect 72.61.181.165:28015 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://rustpotato.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp24,ptrak,$rger,v2635,^z,^y,^p,EU,^t,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp24
Max players There are 24 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$rger
Region code It carries region code ger.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.
^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.