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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,301habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)

Online 168.100.161.97:28039 checked 9m ago

5x moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 140
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#6,301
top 28%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5208:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304008:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 28% 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 11h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 11h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 20 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:15 UTC FW27d ago 3 – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) places at #6,301, within the top 28% of ranked servers.

How busy is Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

The count reads 0 players on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE), which has 140 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 14:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp140 (Max players): 140 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 5x Rust server population and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Gather rate: 5x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

Averaged over recent wipes, 3 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 20 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 27 days 13 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) run?

The map on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 1. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

The name says it: gathering is multiplied 5x on Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE). No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE). Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 8 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 74,000, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,860 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 1 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE) located?

A region is not published by Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE). Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 168.100.161.97:28039.

Getting in

How do I join Sulfur Surfer x5 Plus (PvE)?

Either enter client.connect 168.100.161.97:28039 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://discord.com/invite/p9cWAZwH93.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp140,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp140
Max players 140 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.