Blind Squirrel Backlot
Offline 156.236.84.27:28040 checked 27d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #16,408 for player hours, which puts Blind Squirrel Backlot in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
At this count Blind Squirrel Backlot is offline, with its last sighting 27 days 19 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
These are the tags Blind Squirrel Backlot 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; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; 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. 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 Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
An estimate from the force wipe gives Blind Squirrel Backlot's next wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 50 days 18 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
A procedural map of size 4,250 from seed 913836496, generated by the game, is in use on Blind Squirrel Backlot. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Blind Squirrel Backlot states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for Blind Squirrel Backlot. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Blind Squirrel Backlot was last seen 27 days 19 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
No region is published by Blind Squirrel Backlot. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 156.236.84.27:28040.
How to join
How do I join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.