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BlackDragon

Online EU 85.175.6.244:28300 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 150 slots 1% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 6
Rank#2,664top 12% · #1009 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246817:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 12% of all ranked servers, top 35% 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 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 2hThu 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 5, 23 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:57 UTC FW26d ago 5 – 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 BlackDragon?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include BlackDragon: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on BlackDragon mean?

These are the tags BlackDragon publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp150 (Max players): It has 150 slots; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does BlackDragon rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, BlackDragon sits at #2,664, inside the top 12% of ranked servers and at #1,009 in Europe.

How many players are on BlackDragon right now?

The current tally at BlackDragon: 2 players across 150 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 6. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 18:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

About the server

Is BlackDragon online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, BlackDragon is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does BlackDragon run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 147 server fps, with a low of 125. Entities reached a maximum of 110,026: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,364 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is BlackDragon located?

BlackDragon uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 85.175.6.244:28300.

Which Rust version is BlackDragon on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version BlackDragon runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

What happens on BlackDragon when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 5 players at their busiest. 23 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on BlackDragon?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for BlackDragon, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 26 days 22 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does BlackDragon run?

Generated by the game with seed 224522245, the map on BlackDragon is procedural and 4,250 in size. 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 BlackDragon?

The name of BlackDragon says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join BlackDragon?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.175.6.244:28300. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://rustafields.gamestores.app/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,EU,^t,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp150
Max players It has 150 slots.
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 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 Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.