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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,955habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP

Online 167.114.158.147:28015 checked 2h ago

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Measurements

Players now
0/ 150
0% full
7-day average
2
peak 11
Rank
#1,955
top 9%
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246820:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 9% of all ranked servers. 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 23h. The force wipe · high confidence

36
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 23h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 36, 26 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW26d ago 36 – running 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

Player counts

How does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #1,955 for player hours, which puts Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP in the top 9% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP holds 0 players at the moment, out of 150 slots. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 11 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 00:00 UTC, averaging 6 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP mean?

These are the tags Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): You can join up to 150 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^r (Roleplay): A server for roleplay; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

On Rust Population, Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted and Rust population: roleplay. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Averaged over recent wipes, 36 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 26 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 26 days 19 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP run?

A procedural map of size 4,250 from seed 1556747066, generated by the game, is in use on Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP. 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 Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Nothing in Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. roleplay is what it runs, roleplay rules, jobs and towns. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The server describes itself as vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 129 server fps, with a low of 66. The entity count reached 148,999: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 4,650 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 6 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP located?

Nothing published by Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 167.114.158.147:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Method Games Roleplay/RP/OTV/PVE/PVP?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 167.114.158.147:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/methodgames.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^r,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players You can join up to 150 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay A server for roleplay.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.