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ME21

Online 81.16.176.157:7135 checked 6m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,349top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe11d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123405:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. 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.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

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 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 17 Oct, 17:50 UTC11d 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.

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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include ME21?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include ME21: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on ME21 mean?

These are the tags ME21 publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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 is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does ME21 rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank ME21 at #15,349, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on ME21 right now?

The current tally at ME21: 0 players across 40 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server facts

Is ME21 online, and how reliable is it?

ME21 is live at the moment. About 11 days 9 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 ME21 run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 71, and it never went below 21. The world carried as many as 117,594 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 5,590 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is ME21 located?

There is no region from ME21. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 81.16.176.157:7135.

Which Rust version is ME21 on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version ME21 runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on ME21 when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on ME21?

The record of ME21's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 11 days 10 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does ME21 run?

The procedural map on ME21 measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 2147483647. 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 ME21?

No gather rate appears in the name of ME21. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join ME21?

Enter client.connect 81.16.176.157:7135 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp40
Max players It has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
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 is listed.

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.