Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 61,286 players 11,755 servers 3,487 with someone on 126 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,405habitat unknownfirst seen 16 Oct 2026

[US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly

Online 174.57.83.70:28015 checked 10m ago

2x moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,405
top 69%
Last wipe
28d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040000:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

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 16 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k16 Oct18 Oct20 Oct23 Oct25 Oct27 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,405 for player hours, which puts [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly?

[US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly holds 0 players at the moment, out of 10 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly mean?

What the game's server browser reads from [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166235 (Build): This server runs game build 166235; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; rustmaps (Custom tag): This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly?

These Rust Population lists include [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Gather rate: 2x and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 28 days 5 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly run?

The map on [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly is custom, size 4,000. You can download its published map file from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly?

The name says it: gathering is multiplied 2x on [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166235 on Windows is what [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 129 server fps, with 85 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 89,658, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,482 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly is online. About 10 days 6 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 16 October 2026.

Where is [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly located?

The name of [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly points to North America, though it publishes no region tag. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 174.57.83.70:28015.

How to join

How do I join [US] Helix 2x Rust Staging | Vanilla | Weekly?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 174.57.83.70:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166235,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166235
Build This server runs game build 166235.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it.

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.