Ares PVP
Online EU 194.147.90.23:28015 checked 8m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 65% of all ranked servers, top 85% in EU. 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 3, 4 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 06:47 UTC22d ago | 3 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Ares PVP rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put Ares PVP at #14,341, or #2,492 in Europe, inside the top 65% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Ares PVP?
Of its 100 slots, Ares PVP is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Ares PVP mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Ares PVP publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts5 (Group limit): You may team with up to 5 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptsw (Networking): This server uses the network layer 'sw'; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; 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 Ares PVP?
These Rust Population lists include Ares PVP: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Ares PVP?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 4 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Ares PVP?
The record holds too few of Ares PVP's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 22 days 14 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Ares PVP run?
A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 1396301112, generated by the game, is in use on Ares PVP. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Ares PVP?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Ares PVP states none. The group limit is 5 players. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Ares PVP run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Ares PVP uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Ares PVP run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 110 server fps, with a low of 61. The entity count reached 49,918: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 2,482 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Ares PVP online, and how reliable is it?
Ares PVP is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 5 days 17 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 119 of 168 hours were online, or 71%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Ares PVP located?
The EU tag is how Ares PVP places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 194.147.90.23:28015.
How to join
How do I join Ares PVP?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 194.147.90.23:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.