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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,388EUfirst seen 1 Oct 2026

Play Rough PVE

Online EU 136.243.12.168:28015 checked 12m ago

monthly wipes moddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,388
top 70% · #2584 in EU
Last wipe
25d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608021:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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 1 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct6 Oct11 Oct17 Oct22 Oct27 Oct

Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. 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 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 22h
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 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 19:37 UTC25d ago 1 – 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 Play Rough PVE rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Play Rough PVE is #15,388, #2,584 in Europe, placing it in the top 70% of ranked servers.

How busy is Play Rough PVE?

Play Rough PVE holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Play Rough PVE mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Play Rough PVE publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $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; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 Play Rough PVE?

Play Rough PVE appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Play Rough PVE?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Play Rough PVE?

Play Rough PVE wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 25 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does Play Rough PVE run?

The map on Play Rough PVE is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 317670913. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Play Rough PVE?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Play Rough PVE states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. pve is what it runs, no player combat. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Play Rough PVE run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows for Play Rough PVE. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Play Rough PVE run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 60 server fps, with 58 as the lowest. The entity count reached 144,625: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,822 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Play Rough PVE online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Play Rough PVE online now. About 14 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 154 of 168 hours were online, or 92%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 1 October 2026.

Where is Play Rough PVE located?

The EU tag is how Play Rough PVE places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 136.243.12.168:28015.

How to join

How do I join Play Rough PVE?

Either enter client.connect 136.243.12.168:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,EU,^p,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.

Gameplay

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.