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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,730NAfirst seen 21 Sep 2026

EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server

Online NA 136.52.202.190:28015 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes vanilla

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 4
Rank
#4,730
top 21% · #808 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75100:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020000:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

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 21 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
15k10k15k20k21 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct28 Oct

Top 21% of all ranked servers, top 43% 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 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 19h
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 2, 4 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:39 UTC FW27d ago 2 – 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

Population

How does EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server rank against other Rust servers?

EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server ranks #4,730 on seven-day player hours, #808 in North America, and sits in the top 21% of all ranked servers.

How busy is EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 4. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 03:00 UTC, when an average of 0 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; 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): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players to start; 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 EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

On Rust Population, EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server is filed under these lists: Rust tutorial servers, Community servers, field-listed, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. 4 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 27 days 4 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server run?

A procedural map of size 5,500 from seed 1021832072, generated by the game, is in use on EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

Nothing in EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server run?

On Linux, EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 94 server fps, with a low of 82. Up to 168,593 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,071 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server online now. About 6 days 3 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 21 September 2026.

Where is EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server located?

By its NA tag, EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server says it is in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 136.52.202.190:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join EPS4Gaming | Survival | Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 136.52.202.190:28015. 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,^t,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
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 No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players to start.

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.