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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,804EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]

Online EU 176.9.107.110:28015 checked 9m ago

2x monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ 60
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
1
peak 6
Rank
#2,804
top 13% · #1060 in EU
Last wipe
6d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 36% in EU. 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 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

21.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
4
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 15

Coming wipes

7d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 18h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 1 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 38 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 21:30 UTC6d ago 4 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:09 UTC FW27d ago 4 halved by day 15 21.1 days 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 [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] rank against other Rust servers?

[EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] ranks #2,804 on seven-day player hours, #1,060 in Europe, and sits in the top 13% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

The count reads 1 players on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP], which has 60 slots. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 6 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, when an average of 3 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp60 (Max players): 60 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

These Rust Population lists include [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Rust servers for beginners, counted, 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: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 2x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 4 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 38 hours in. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 15 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

Once a month [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 6 days 3 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] run?

A procedural map of size 4,250 from seed 67830, generated by the game, is in use on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

You gather at 2x on [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP], to judge by the name. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. By its own description it is 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 [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] run?

On Linux, [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 59. Entities peaked at 124,527, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 5,474 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours were online, or 86%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] located?

With its EU tag, [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP] places itself in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 176.9.107.110:28015.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Grindstone 2x Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad [BeginnerFriendly|NoVIP]?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 176.9.107.110:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/ECRtH3wJF7.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp60,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp60
Max players 60 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is 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.