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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,753NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Bustabar PvE - No Wipe

Online NA 208.73.205.198:28000 checked 6m ago

moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
2/ 50
= 1 player
4% full
7-day average
3
peak 10
Rank
#1,753
top 8% · #269 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246814:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608014:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 8% of all ranked servers, top 14% in NA. 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 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

9
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

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

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 44 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:06 UTC FW27d ago 9 – running 8

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 Bustabar PvE - No Wipe rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Bustabar PvE - No Wipe at #1,753, or #269 in North America, inside the top 8% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

Of its 50 slots, Bustabar PvE - No Wipe is using 2 right now. We counted an average of 3 players in the past week, with 10 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 23:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 6 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Bustabar PvE - No Wipe mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Bustabar PvE - No Wipe is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts14 (Group limit): The team limit is 14; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

On Rust Population, Bustabar PvE - No Wipe is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

Averaged over recent wipes, 9 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 44 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

Bustabar PvE - No Wipe wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, 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 19 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Bustabar PvE - No Wipe run?

The map on Bustabar PvE - No Wipe is procedural, made by the game at size 5,000 from seed 1337. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Bustabar Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Bustabar PvE - No Wipe states none. A group may hold 14 players at most. This server runs pve, no player combat. 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 Bustabar PvE - No Wipe run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Bustabar PvE - No Wipe uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Bustabar PvE - No Wipe run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 59. Entities peaked at 179,212, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,333 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Bustabar PvE - No Wipe online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Bustabar PvE - No Wipe is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 19 hours ago. 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 Bustabar PvE - No Wipe located?

By its NA tag, Bustabar PvE - No Wipe says it is in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 208.73.205.198:28000.

How to join

How do I join Bustabar PvE - No Wipe?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 208.73.205.198:28000. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/dpjUE6WmtM.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts14,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts14
Group limit The team limit is 14.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

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.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.