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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,299EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5

Online EU 188.90.204.231:28020 checked 9m ago

2x monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
2
peak 6
Rank
#2,299
top 10% · #883 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 7h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246812:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608012:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 30% 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 7h. The force wipe · high confidence

10
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

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

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02.557.510+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 10, 46 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:10 UTC FW27d ago 10 – running 2

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 [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 is #2,299, #883 in Europe, placing it in the top 10% of ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

Of its 100 slots, [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 2 players and reached a peak of 6. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 5 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 mean?

These are the tags [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^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; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears 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 [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

A rustyskull-rustserver.com hostname is published by [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5, as it is by 1 other server we track; the same operator most likely runs them both.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

On Rust Population, [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 is filed under these lists: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 2x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

Averaged over recent wipes, 10 players were counted at the busiest point. 46 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

The force wipe is the only wipe [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 27 days 17 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 run?

The map on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1277401545. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

The name says it: gathering is multiplied 2x on [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get pve here, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 run smoothly?

It ran at 59 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 48. The entity count reached 168,739: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,001 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 3 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 located?

The EU tag is how [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5 places itself in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 188.90.204.231:28020.

Getting in

How do I join [EU] Rusty Skull PVE | 2x | No Decay | No BP Wipe | Max 5?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 188.90.204.231:28020; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/Uf649YcSgj.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,^m,EU,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

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.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it appears 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.