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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,765habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rusted Methods

Online 108.61.100.191:28016 checked 10m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#7,765
top 35%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75121:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510021:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 35% of all ranked servers. 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 6d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 3 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW27d ago 3 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Rusted Methods rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #7,765 for player hours, which puts Rusted Methods in the top 35% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rusted Methods?

Of its 50 slots, Rusted Methods is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 16:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rusted Methods mean?

These are the tags Rusted Methods publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Rusted Methods?

These Rust Population lists include Rusted Methods: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rusted Methods?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. 3 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusted Methods?

The force wipe is the only wipe Rusted Methods takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 27 days 23 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusted Methods run?

The map on Rusted Methods is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 782583436. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rusted Methods?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rusted Methods states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rusted Methods run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Rusted Methods uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Rusted Methods run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 89 server fps, with 79 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 122,878, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,310 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Rusted Methods online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rusted Methods is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 8 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 Rusted Methods located?

Nothing published by Rusted Methods states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 108.61.100.191:28016.

How to join

How do I join Rusted Methods?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 108.61.100.191:28016. 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,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.