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Life is a game [X2]

Online 85.234.25.133:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,310top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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 2 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k2 Oct7 Oct13 Oct18 Oct24 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.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 18:04 UTC27d ago 1 – 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Life is a game [X2]?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Life is a game [X2]: 2x Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Gather rate: 2x.

What do the server tags on Life is a game [X2] mean?

For the server browser, Life is a game [X2] lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Life is a game [X2] rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,310 puts Life is a game [X2] in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Life is a game [X2] right now?

The current tally at Life is a game [X2]: 0 players across 100 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

About the server

Is Life is a game [X2] online, and how reliable is it?

Life is a game [X2] is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 33 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 2 October 2026.

Does Life is a game [X2] run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 118, with 68 as the lowest. At its peak it held 91,829 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 5,071 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Life is a game [X2] located?

No region is published by Life is a game [X2]. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 85.234.25.133:28015.

Which Rust version is Life is a game [X2] on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Life is a game [X2] runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Life is a game [X2] when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 2 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Life is a game [X2]?

The record of Life is a game [X2]'s wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 27 days.

Rules and settings

Which map does Life is a game [X2] run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on Life is a game [X2] is procedural and 4,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Life is a game [X2]?

The name says it: Life is a game [X2] gathers at 2x. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join Life is a game [X2]?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.234.25.133:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players There are 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
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 Region code left blank.

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.

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.