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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,302AFfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's

Online AF 102.39.154.248:28015 checked 13m ago

2x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
5/ 50
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
2
peak 8
Rank
#2,302
top 10% · #3 in AF
Last wipe
13d ago
biweekly schedule
Next wipe
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246817:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct14 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 10% in AF. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 6

Coming wipes

7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
14d 0h
Thu 12 Nov, 16:49 UTC
35d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
42d 0h
Thu 10 Dec, 16:49 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 27 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 16:49 UTC13d ago 9 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:55 UTC FW27d ago – – 14 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 17:03 UTC41d ago 7 halved by day 6 14 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's at #2,302, or #3 in Africa, inside the top 10% of all ranked servers.

How busy is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

The count reads 5 players on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's, which has 50 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 2 players and reached a peak of 8. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 11:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's mean?

These are the tags GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks the server wipes; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; AF (Africa): In the server browser it appears under Africa; rustmaps (Custom tag): This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 2x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

Averaged over recent wipes, 8 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 27 hours into the latest wipe. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 6.

What is the wipe schedule on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

The wipe rhythm for GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's is every 4 weeks on Thursday at 16:49 UTC. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 13 days 22 hours ago. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of one wipe every two weeks.

Map and rules

Which map does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's run?

The map on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's is custom, size 3,500. You can download its published map file from this page.

What are the rules and settings on GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's advertises a 2x gather rate in its title. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs pve, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 108 server fps, with 59 as the lowest. The entity count reached 103,568: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,550 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 11 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's located?

By its AF tag, GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's says it is in Africa. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 102.39.154.248:28015.

How to join

How do I join GRUFF ZONE ZA 2X | Raidable Bases | Kits | Roaming NPC's?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 102.39.154.248:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at http://gruffzone.co.za.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,AF,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The game mode is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks the server wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

AF
Africa In the server browser it appears under Africa.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it.

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.