the cool cat
Online 87.76.218.5:25258 checked 9m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 25 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct, 13:57 UTC7h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 25 Oct, 23:36 UTC2d ago | 2 | held half | 2.6 days | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include the cool cat?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include the cool cat: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on the cool cat mean?
These are the tags the cool cat publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does the cool cat rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank the cool cat at #5,991, within the top 27% of ranked servers.
How many players are on the cool cat right now?
The current tally at the cool cat: 0 players across 40 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Look at 22:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.
Server facts
Is the cool cat online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, the cool cat is online. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 2 full days saw uptime of 90%, with 43 out of 48 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 October 2026.
Does the cool cat run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 21, and it never went below 10. Entities reached a maximum of 73,605: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,409 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is the cool cat located?
No region is published by the cool cat. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 87.76.218.5:25258.
Which Rust version is the cool cat on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version the cool cat runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on the cool cat when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on the cool cat?
Too few wipes are on record for the cool cat to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 7 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does the cool cat run?
Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on the cool cat is procedural and 3,500 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 the cool cat?
The name of the cool cat says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. 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.
Join up
How do I join the cool cat?
Enter client.connect 87.76.218.5:25258 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.