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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,278habitat unknownfirst seen 8 Oct 2026

Cynic Dev - private

Online 208.88.69.29:28050 checked 2h ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#14,278
top 64%
Last wipe
14h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75120:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 04:57 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 04:57 UTCWIPE

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 8 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
15k10k15k20k8 Oct12 Oct16 Oct20 Oct24 Oct28 Oct

Top 64% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1.5

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctMon 12 Oct
01234+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
Wed 28 Oct, 04:57 UTC14h ago – – running 1
Thu 22 Oct, 02:56 UTC6d ago 2 halved by day 1 6.1 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 02:54 UTC16d ago 1 halved by day 2 10 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

Player counts

How does Cynic Dev - private rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Cynic Dev - private places at #14,278, within the top 64% of ranked servers.

How busy is Cynic Dev - private?

Of its 10 slots, Cynic Dev - private is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 04:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Cynic Dev - private mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Cynic Dev - private publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; osmium (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. 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 Cynic Dev - private?

On Rust Population, Cynic Dev - private is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Cynic Dev - private?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 1.5.

What is the wipe schedule on Cynic Dev - private?

There is no next wipe to predict: Cynic Dev - private wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 14 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Cynic Dev - private run?

The map on Cynic Dev - private is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 1337. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Cynic Dev - private?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Cynic Dev - private states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Cynic Dev - private run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Cynic Dev - private. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Cynic Dev - private run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 60. Entities peaked at 51,498, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,432 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Cynic Dev - private online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Cynic Dev - private is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 11 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. On 8 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Cynic Dev - private located?

No region is published by Cynic Dev - private. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 208.88.69.29:28050 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Cynic Dev - private?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 208.88.69.29:28050. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,osmium

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
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 The game build is 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 Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Other

osmium
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.