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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,400EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU

Online EU 168.100.161.18:28049 checked 12m ago

quad monthly wipes oxidesoftcore

Measurements

Players now
1/ 100
= 1 player
1% full
7-day average
2
peak 10
Rank
#2,400
top 11% · #916 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 11% of all ranked servers, top 31% in EU, and #138 of the quad servers (top 17%). 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 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

7
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 21h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

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 7, 25 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:49 UTC FW27d ago 7 – 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 RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU rank against other Rust servers?

RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU ranks #2,400 on seven-day player hours, #916 in Europe, and sits in the top 11% of all ranked servers. It places #138 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

The count reads 1 players on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU, which has 100 slots. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 10 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 23:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU mean?

These are the tags RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; 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): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): On death you keep part of your inventory in Facepunch's easier mode; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; 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.

Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

The rustfornoobs.com hostname that RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU publishes is shared with 51 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

On Rust Population, RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU is filed under these lists: Rust servers for beginners, counted, Rust servers in Europe and Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

Averaged over recent wipes, 7 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 25 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

Once a month RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 3 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU run?

The map on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU is procedural, made by the game at size 3,750 from seed 13942. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU states none. 4 is the most a group can hold (quad). You get softcore here, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 34 server fps, with 10 as the lowest. The entity count reached 100,669: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,527 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU online, and how reliable is it?

You will find RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 14 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 RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU located?

The EU tag is how RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 168.100.161.18:28049 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EU?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 168.100.161.18:28049; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://rustfornoobs.com.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,EU,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4,^o

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode Softcore rules apply, an easier set.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
ts4
Group limit The team limit is 4.
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 No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^s
Softcore On death you keep part of your inventory in Facepunch's easier mode.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.

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.