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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,487habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors

Online 204.191.220.196:28015 checked 11m ago

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Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#11,487
top 52%
Last wipe
27d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
4h
Thu 29 Oct, 20:09 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75116:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040016:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 52% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 20:09 UTC, in 4h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

4h
Thu 29 Oct, 20:09 UTC
7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
14d 4h
Thu 12 Nov, 20:09 UTC
21d 4h
Thu 19 Nov, 20:09 UTC
28d 4h
Thu 26 Nov, 20:09 UTC
35d 3h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
42d 4h
Thu 10 Dec, 20:09 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:09 UTC FW27d ago 0 – 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 OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors at #11,487, within the top 52% of all ranked servers.

How busy is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

Of its 100 slots, OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 07:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors mean?

These are the tags OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

These Rust Population lists include OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. A wipe is due on Thursday 29 October at 20:09 UTC, the next one. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 19 hours ago. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

Settings

Which map does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 1774623046, generated by the game, is in use on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The server describes itself as vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors run?

On Linux, OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 163 server fps, with a low of 85. Entities peaked at 47,932, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,042 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors online, and how reliable is it?

OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors is up and running at the moment. About 2 days 15 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. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors located?

No region is published by OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 204.191.220.196:28015.

Getting in

How do I join OW Rust Refuge: A good start for new survivors?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 204.191.220.196:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://www.obsidianworlds.com/rust/.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly A weekly wipe takes place.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.