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Specimen recordcat. no. 669EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop

Online EU 194.69.160.106:28015 checked 12m ago

official monthly wipes vanillaoxide

Measurements

Players now
21/ 200
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
20
peak 48
Rank
#669
top 3% · #308 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
01020304017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

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
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 3% of all ranked servers, top 11% 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 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

221
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

0100200300400+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 221, 1 hours in, with 96 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:02 UTC FW27d ago 221+96 queue – running 24

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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop rank against other Rust servers?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop ranks #669 on seven-day player hours, #308 in Europe, and sits in the top 3% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

Of its 200 slots, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop is using 21 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 20 players and reached a peak of 48. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 30 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop mean?

These are the tags Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop publishes, as read by the game's server browser: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp200 (Max players): You can join up to 200 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe; rustmaps (Custom tag): This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it. 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

16 other servers we track publish the same rplayrust.com hostname as Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop, so the same operator most likely runs the group.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

On Rust Population, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe, Official Rust servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 221 players. Peaking 1 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd had 96 more waiting in the queue.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

The force wipe is the only wipe Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 22 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop run?

The map on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop is custom, size 4,000. You can download its published map file from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it in the Official tab in game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop run smoothly?

It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 30. Up to 177,015 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 6,390 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop online now. About 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop located?

The EU tag is how Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop 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 194.69.160.106:28015.

How to join

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 194.69.160.106:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o,rustmaps

On Rust Population

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp200
Max players You can join up to 200 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it appears under Europe.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it.

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.