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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,155EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox

Online EU 148.251.177.248:28020 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
4/ 50
= 1 player
8% full
7-day average
2
peak 35
Rank
#2,155
top 10% · #829 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246817:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 28% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

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, 39 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 01:32 UTC27d ago 6 – 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 [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox at #2,155, or #829 in Europe, inside the top 10% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

The count reads 4 players on [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox, which has 50 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 2 players and reached a peak of 35. Look at the last 48 hours and 15:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 5 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox mean?

These are the tags [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^c (Creative): No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like; ^k (Build server): Design and practise bases here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

[EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers and Rust creative servers, counted live. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 6 players. 39 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

Too few wipes are on record for [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 27 days 15 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox run?

[EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 1337. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. build & creative is what it runs, building in a sandbox, with nothing to gather. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox run?

On Linux, [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox run smoothly?

It ran at 45 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Up to 18,548 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,293 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 13 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox located?

With its EU tag, [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 148.251.177.248:28020.

Getting in

How do I join [EU] Builders Republic | FREE VIP | Creative | Sandbox?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 148.251.177.248:28020; 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^c,^k,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Gameplay

^c
Creative No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like.
^k
Build server Design and practise bases here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it 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.