Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla
Online 167.114.158.147:28017 checked 9m 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 68% of all ranked servers, and #374 of the duo servers (top 89%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Friday 30 October, 09:11 UTC, in 2d 5h. Every Friday at 09:11 UTC · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 09:11 UTC4d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 09:11 UTC11d ago | 2 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 0 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 02:57 UTC17d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 5.3 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 09:13 UTC32d ago | 1 | halved by day 6 | 15.7 days | 0 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 09:11 UTC39d ago | 1 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 0 |
| Fri 11 Sep, 09:12 UTC46d ago | 2 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla places at #15,082, within the top 68% of ranked servers. It places #374 among servers of the duo kind.
How busy is Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts2 (Group limit): You may team with up to 2 players; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so 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 Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust population on duo servers and Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla follows a wipe rhythm of every Friday at 09:11 UTC. Due on Friday 30 October at 09:11 UTC is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 4 days 18 hours ago. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.
Settings
Which map does Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla run?
The map on Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 612763688. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
Nothing in Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla's name says how gather works. 2 is the most a group can hold (duo). survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Linux for Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla run smoothly?
It ran at 40 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 40. Up to 72,050 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,202 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?
Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 16 hours ago. It was up 92% of the time over the last 7 full days, 155 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla located?
Nothing published by Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla states a region. 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 167.114.158.147:28017.
Getting in
How do I join Method Games Solo/Duo Weekly/Vanilla?
Either enter client.connect 167.114.158.147:28017 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Joining requires Rust's premium status. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/methodgames.