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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,045NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly

Online NA 135.148.10.249:28015 checked 2h ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
2/ 75
= 1 player
3% full
7-day average
1
peak 4
Rank
#3,045
top 14% · #508 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 14% of all ranked servers, top 27% in NA. 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 23h. The force wipe · high confidence

6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 23h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 4 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:38 UTC FW27d ago 6 – running 1

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 Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly is #3,045, #508 in North America, placing it in the top 14% of ranked servers.

How busy is Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

Of its 75 slots, Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly is using 2 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 4. Look at the last 48 hours and 04:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly mean?

These are the tags Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

These Rust Population lists include Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly: Rust servers for beginners, counted, Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 6 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 4 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

Once a month Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly wipes, and that is with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 27 days 1 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1532180907, generated by the game, is in use on Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs pve, no player combat. 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. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly run?

On Linux, Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 114 server fps, with 70 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 132,705, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 5,450 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 6 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly located?

The NA tag is how Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 135.148.10.249:28015.

How to join

How do I join Salty Sheep - Solo/Duo/Trio | PVE Hybrid | Noob Friendly?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 135.148.10.249:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp75
Max players The server has 75 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Gameplay

^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.