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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,504EUfirst seen 27 Sep 2026

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B

Online EU 136.243.32.157:28035 checked 13m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
1
peak 5
Rank
#3,504
top 16% · #1309 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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 27 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
12k4k6k8k27 Sep3 Oct10 Oct16 Oct23 Oct29 Oct

Top 16% of all ranked servers, top 45% 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 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

4.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 9h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctSun 27 Sep
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 24 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:01 UTC FW27d ago 13 – running 4
Sun 27 Sep, 16:43 UTC31d ago 6 held half 4.1 days 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

Population

How does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B at #3,504, or #1,309 in Europe, inside the top 16% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B holds 1 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 5. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 12:00 UTC, when an average of 3 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B mean?

These are the tags [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): A server for roleplay; ^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; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

On Rust Population, [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and Rust population: roleplay. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 10 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 24 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

Once a month [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 27 days 15 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 [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B run?

A procedural map of size 3,750 from seed 1233923157, generated by the game, is in use on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. roleplay is what it runs, roleplay rules, jobs and towns. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B run smoothly?

It ran at 24 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Up to 111,829 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,099 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B online, and how reliable is it?

[EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B is up and running at the moment. 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. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B located?

The EU tag is how [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 136.243.32.157:28035.

Getting in

How do I join [EU] Better PVE | Active Admins | Half Upkeep | Events | Raid B?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 136.243.32.157:28035. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://betterpve.org.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay A server for roleplay.

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

EU
Europe In the server browser it appears 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.