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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,936OCfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded

Online OC 103.107.196.38:28045 checked 12m ago

3x monthly wipes vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
2
peak 8
Rank
#1,936
top 9% · #53 in OC
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246806:0015:0000:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304006:0015:0000:0008:0017:0003:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 9% of all ranked servers, top 26% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 33 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:09 UTC FW27d ago 5 – running 2

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

Player counts

How does [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded at #1,936, or #53 in Oceania, inside the top 9% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

[AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded holds 1 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 2 players and a peak of 8. Look at the last 48 hours and 11:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 6 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded mean?

What the game's server browser reads from [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; OC (Oceania): Its place in the server browser is under Oceania. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

[AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 3x Rust servers, counted live, Oceania Rust servers, counted and Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 3x and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 5 players. Peak came 33 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

The force wipe is the only wipe [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 27 days 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded run?

A procedural map of size 4,096 from seed 6738, generated by the game, is in use on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

You gather at 3x on [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded, to judge by the name. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 30 server fps, with a low of 25. Up to 160,181 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,590 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 5 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded located?

The OC tag is how [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded places itself in Oceania. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 103.107.196.38:28045.

How to join

How do I join [AU] Sandgropers Paradise 3X | PvPvE | Perth | Modded?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 103.107.196.38:28045. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,OC,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

OC
Oceania Its place in the server browser is under Oceania.

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.