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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,327EUfirst seen 14 Sep 2026

POLAR | VIP Map Preview

Offline EU 168.100.161.191:28025 checked 2h ago

biweekly wipes vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 25
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,327
top 69% · #2546 in EU
No wipes
resets
7 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe
–
resets, no wipes
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep3 Oct13 Oct19 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 87% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Log · new worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 10:04 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 08:01 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 00:02 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 18:02 UTC2d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 16:02 UTC3d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 14:04 UTC3d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 12:04 UTC3d ago – – – 0
Tue 13 Oct, 21:02 UTC15d ago 0 – 12.6 days 0
Tue 13 Oct, 11:02 UTC16d ago 0 – 0.4 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 15:02 UTC17d ago – – – 0
Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does POLAR | VIP Map Preview rank against other Rust servers?

POLAR | VIP Map Preview ranks #15,327 on seven-day player hours, #2,546 in Europe, and sits in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

At this count POLAR | VIP Map Preview is offline, with its last sighting 2 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on POLAR | VIP Map Preview mean?

These are the tags POLAR | VIP Map Preview publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp25 (Max players): The server has 25 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; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks the server wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe; rustmaps (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Who runs POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

The polarrust.com hostname that POLAR | VIP Map Preview publishes is shared with 5 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

On Rust Population, POLAR | VIP Map Preview is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

Every few hours POLAR | VIP Map Preview starts a new world, so it keeps no wipe schedule and those resets are not counted as wipes.

Map and rules

Which map does POLAR | VIP Map Preview run?

A custom map of size 3,500 is in use on POLAR | VIP Map Preview, and the map file is published, so you can download it here.

What are the rules and settings on POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: POLAR | VIP Map Preview states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does POLAR | VIP Map Preview run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for POLAR | VIP Map Preview. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does POLAR | VIP Map Preview run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 59. Entities peaked at 65,066, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 1,770 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is POLAR | VIP Map Preview online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw POLAR | VIP Map Preview 2 hours ago, and it is offline now. About 58 minutes ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 35% of the time over the last 7 full days, 59 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 14 September 2026.

Where is POLAR | VIP Map Preview located?

By its EU tag, POLAR | VIP Map Preview says it is in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 168.100.161.191:28025 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 168.100.161.191:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://polarrust.com/store.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp25
Max players The server has 25 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

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks the server wipes.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.