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The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]

Online NA 74.136.196.241:28023 checked 14m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 100 slots 1% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 4
Rank#3,152top 14% · #523 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
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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 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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 14% of all ranked servers, top 28% 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 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

15.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctTue 15 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:05 UTC FW27d ago 8 – running 1
Tue 15 Sep, 19:43 UTC43d ago 5 held half 15.9 days 2

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 The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot, The roleplay set, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): A server for roleplay; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] rank against other Rust servers?

The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] takes #3,152 on seven-day player hours, a top 14% spot overall and #523 across North America.

How many players are on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] right now?

The current tally at The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]: 1 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 4, against an average of 1 players. Look at 19:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 3 players on average.

Server details

Is The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] online, and how reliable is it?

The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 5 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 106 server fps, with a low of 93. Entities reached a maximum of 87,807: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,967 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] located?

With its NA tag, The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] lists 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 74.136.196.241:28023.

Which Rust version is The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 6 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

Wipes on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 27 days 7 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

The rules

Which map does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] run?

A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1337 is what The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. roleplay rules across towns and jobs: that is the roleplay mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 74.136.196.241:28023. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/dwYuaCmyxt.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay A server for roleplay.
^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.