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The Milkdrinkers RUST Server

Online EU 84.72.97.58:28015 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 500 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 4
Rank#3,234top 15% · #1208 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5208:0017:0002:0011:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608008:0017:0002:0011:0020:0005:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 41% in EU. 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 8d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence

8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 11hThu 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 8, 25 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:51 UTC FW26d ago 8 – 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 The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Milkdrinkers RUST Server: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Milkdrinkers RUST Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server rank against other Rust servers?

The Milkdrinkers RUST Server takes #3,234 on seven-day player hours, a top 15% spot overall and #1,208 across Europe.

How many players are on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server right now?

0 players are on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server at the moment, out of 500 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 4. Look at 00:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.

Server facts

Is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 59 minutes ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 77 server fps, with a low of 46. At its peak it held 115,936 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,148 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server located?

In Europe, The Milkdrinkers RUST Server lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 84.72.97.58:28015.

Which Rust version is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Milkdrinkers RUST Server runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 8 players. 25 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for The Milkdrinkers RUST Server, 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. 26 days 13 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Rules and settings

Which map does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server run?

The procedural map on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. The map name, as written, is Desolate Shores.

What are the rules and settings on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

The name of The Milkdrinkers RUST Server says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. It appears under Community in the browser. Oxide plugins power it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

Enter client.connect 84.72.97.58:28015 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://www.milkdrinkers.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp500
Max players There are 500 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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits 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.