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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,310habitat unknownfirst seen 2 Oct 2026

[PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE

Online 203.16.163.211:24620 checked 13m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,310
top 69%
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 0h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

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 2 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
15k10k15k20k2 Oct7 Oct13 Oct18 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 0h. The force wipe

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE places at #15,310, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE?

Of its 40 slots, [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): This server is for roleplay; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE?

On Rust Population, [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and Rust population: roleplay. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE?

An estimate from the force wipe gives [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE's next wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 1 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE run?

The map on [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE is procedural, made by the game at size 4,096 from seed 1. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. roleplay is what it runs, jobs, towns and rules for roleplay. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE run?

On Linux, [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 118 server fps, with a low of 85. The entity count reached 124,556: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 5,210 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE online now. About 33 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. It was first seen by Rust Population on 2 October 2026.

Where is [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE located?

The name of [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE points to Europe, though it publishes no region tag. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 203.16.163.211:24620.

How to join

How do I join [PL/EN] Rust Buddies PvE?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 203.16.163.211:24620. 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players You can join up to 40 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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay This server is for roleplay.
^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

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