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[PVE] Man VS Wild

Online NA 97.102.153.245:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#9,471top 43% · #1254 in NA
RegionNANA · group 10 max
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0017:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608014:0023:0008:0017:0002:0011:00

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 7 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct11 Oct15 Oct20 Oct24 Oct28 Oct

Top 43% of all ranked servers, top 67% in NA. 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 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 5hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

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 2, 29 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 18 Oct, 18:30 UTC9d ago 2 – 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 [PVE] Man VS Wild?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [PVE] Man VS Wild: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on [PVE] Man VS Wild mean?

For the server browser, [PVE] Man VS Wild lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts10 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 10; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does [PVE] Man VS Wild rank against other Rust servers?

[PVE] Man VS Wild takes #9,471 on seven-day player hours, a top 43% spot overall and #1,254 across North America.

How many players are on [PVE] Man VS Wild right now?

0 players are on [PVE] Man VS Wild at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2.

Server details

Is [PVE] Man VS Wild online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, [PVE] Man VS Wild is online. About 4 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 7 October 2026.

Does [PVE] Man VS Wild run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 49, and it never went below 34. The world carried as many as 120,766 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 4,067 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is [PVE] Man VS Wild located?

With its NA tag, [PVE] Man VS Wild lists itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 97.102.153.245:28015.

Which Rust version is [PVE] Man VS Wild on?

On Windows, [PVE] Man VS Wild runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on [PVE] Man VS Wild when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 29 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on [PVE] Man VS Wild?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for [PVE] Man VS Wild, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 26 days 17 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Rules and settings

Which map does [PVE] Man VS Wild run?

Generated by the game with seed 23133243, the map on [PVE] Man VS Wild is procedural and 4,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on [PVE] Man VS Wild?

No gather rate appears in the name of [PVE] Man VS Wild. Teams can reach 10 players. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join [PVE] Man VS Wild?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 97.102.153.245:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ManVsWild.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts10,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts10
Group limit Each team is capped at 10.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

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

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

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.