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Specimen recordcat. no. 208EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU

Online EU 168.100.161.244:28019 checked 14m ago

duo weekly wipes vanillaoxide

Measurements

Players now
77/ 150
= 5 players
51% full
7-day average
91
peak 497
Rank
#208
top 0.9% · #106 in EU
Last wipe
7d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
due
Thu 29 Oct, 15:53 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
02040608017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

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
110020030040020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 0.9% of all ranked servers, top 4% in EU, and #14 of the duo servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:53 UTC due. Every Thursday at 15:53 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
496
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

due
Thu 29 Oct, 15:53 UTC
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
13d 23h
Thu 12 Nov, 15:53 UTC
20d 23h
Thu 19 Nov, 15:53 UTC
27d 23h
Thu 26 Nov, 15:53 UTC
35d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
41d 23h
Thu 10 Dec, 15:53 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
0200400600800+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 497, 2 hours in, with 50 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 15:53 UTC7d ago 497+50 queue – running 104
Thu 15 Oct, 15:53 UTC14d ago 468+24 queue halved by day 2 7 days 92
Thu 8 Oct, 15:54 UTC21d ago 523+31 queue halved by day 2 7 days 107
Thu 1 Oct, 17:45 UTC FW27d ago 473 halved by day 2 6.9 days 21
Thu 24 Sep, 15:53 UTC35d ago 513+16 queue halved by day 2 7.1 days 100
Thu 17 Sep, 15:54 UTC42d ago 478 halved by day 2 7 days 29

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

Population

How does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU at #208, or #106 in Europe, inside the top 0.9% of all ranked servers. It places #14 among servers of the duo kind.

How busy is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU holds 77 players at the moment, out of 150 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 91 players and reached a peak of 497. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 52 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): The server has 150 slots; ts2 (Group limit): The team limit is 2; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; 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; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

A rustfornoobs.com hostname comes from RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU and from 52 other servers we track, which suggests one operator runs them all.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

These Rust Population lists include RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU: Rust servers for beginners, counted, Rust population on duo servers, Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 50+ on average.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 496 players. At the peak of the latest wipe, 2 hours in, 50 more were queued. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

The wipe rhythm for RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is every Thursday at 15:53 UTC. On Thursday 29 October at 15:53 UTC its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 7 days ago. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

Settings

Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run?

The map on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is procedural, made by the game at size 3,750 from seed 18439. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is RustForNoobs Generated Maps.

What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU states none. The cap on groups is 2 players (duo). This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The server describes itself as vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run?

On Windows, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 97 server fps, with a low of 84. The entity count reached 200,122: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,990 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU online, and how reliable is it?

You will find RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 8 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU located?

With its EU tag, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 168.100.161.244:28019.

Getting in

How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?

Either enter client.connect 168.100.161.244:28019 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://rustfornoobs.com.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts2,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players The server has 150 slots.
ts2
Group limit The team limit is 2.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
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

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.

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.