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Specimen recordcat. no. 10,976EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

WorldWar III

Online EU 192.36.155.232:28015 checked 11m ago

monthly wipes vanillaoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#10,976
top 49% · #2331 in EU
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123406:0015:0000:0009:0018:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608006:0015:0000:0009:0018:0003:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 49% of all ranked servers, top 80% 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 8d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 23 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:09 UTC FW26d ago 1 – 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 WorldWar III rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put WorldWar III at #10,976, or #2,331 in Europe, inside the top 49% of all ranked servers.

How busy is WorldWar III?

The count reads 0 players on WorldWar III, which has 100 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on WorldWar III mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags WorldWar III publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe. 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 WorldWar III?

WorldWar III appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on WorldWar III?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 23 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on WorldWar III?

The force wipe is the only wipe WorldWar III 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 26 days 11 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does WorldWar III run?

A procedural map of size 4,096 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on WorldWar III. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Dreamland.

What are the rules and settings on WorldWar III?

No gather rate appears in the name of WorldWar III. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The server describes itself as vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does WorldWar III run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for WorldWar III. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does WorldWar III run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 59 server fps, with a low of 56. Entities peaked at 71,409, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,081 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is WorldWar III online, and how reliable is it?

WorldWar III is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 162 of 168 hours were online, or 96%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is WorldWar III located?

By its EU tag, WorldWar III says it is in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 192.36.155.232:28015.

Getting in

How do I join WorldWar III?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 192.36.155.232:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/RWMG9RZRqa.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.

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.