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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,400habitat unknownfirst seen 19 Oct 2026

RustForActualNoobs

Online 2.56.164.109:28015 checked 7m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#8,400
top 38%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5205:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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 19 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k19 Oct21 Oct23 Oct25 Oct27 Oct29 Oct

Top 38% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

7.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 27 OctMon 19 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 00:57 UTC2d ago 2 – running 0
Mon 19 Oct, 12:33 UTC9d ago 2 halved by day 1 7.5 days 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

Population

How does RustForActualNoobs rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,400 for player hours, which puts RustForActualNoobs in the top 38% of all ranked servers.

How busy is RustForActualNoobs?

Of its 5 slots, RustForActualNoobs is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 05:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on RustForActualNoobs mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags RustForActualNoobs publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; 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; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RustForActualNoobs?

RustForActualNoobs appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers for beginners, counted and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RustForActualNoobs?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RustForActualNoobs?

Too few wipes are on record for RustForActualNoobs to show its 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 2 days 3 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does RustForActualNoobs run?

The map on RustForActualNoobs is procedural, made by the game at size 2,000 from seed 473277061. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on RustForActualNoobs?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: RustForActualNoobs states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does RustForActualNoobs run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what RustForActualNoobs uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does RustForActualNoobs run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 238 server fps, with 209 as the lowest. Up to 18,356 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 1,359 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is RustForActualNoobs online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RustForActualNoobs is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 28 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 19 October 2026.

Where is RustForActualNoobs located?

No region is published by RustForActualNoobs. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 2.56.164.109:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join RustForActualNoobs?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 2.56.164.109:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
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.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.