[UK] The Circle
Offline 188.40.106.248:28135 checked 10d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 25 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 26 Sep, 12:53 UTC32d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does [UK] The Circle rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [UK] The Circle places at #15,266, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is [UK] The Circle?
We have no live count for [UK] The Circle right now. It was last seen 10 days 6 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on [UK] The Circle mean?
These are the tags [UK] The Circle publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include [UK] The Circle?
On Rust Population, [UK] The Circle is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on [UK] The Circle?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on [UK] The Circle?
The record holds too few of [UK] The Circle's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 32 days 18 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does [UK] The Circle run?
The map on [UK] The Circle is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 707334229. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [UK] The Circle?
Nothing in [UK] The Circle's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does [UK] The Circle run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for [UK] The Circle. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is [UK] The Circle online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw [UK] The Circle 10 days 6 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 25 September 2026.
Where is [UK] The Circle located?
The name of [UK] The Circle points to Europe, though it publishes no region tag. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 188.40.106.248:28135.
How to join
How do I join [UK] The Circle?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.40.106.248:28135. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.