Friend Only
Online 210.131.220.42:28015 checked 11m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Friend Only rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Friend Only at #15,423, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Friend Only?
Friend Only holds 0 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Friend Only mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Friend Only is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2632 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2632; cs161125 (Build): The game build is 161125; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^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 Friend Only?
On Rust Population, Friend Only is filed under these lists: 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.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Friend Only?
Too few wipes are on record for Friend Only to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 63 days 23 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Friend Only run?
Friend Only uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 17777. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Friend Only?
Nothing in Friend Only's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Friend Only run?
On Linux, Friend Only runs Rust network protocol 2632 and build 161125. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Friend Only run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 146 server fps, with a low of 86. The entity count reached 64,647: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,838 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Friend Only online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Friend Only online now. About 10 days 16 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Friend Only located?
A region is not published by Friend Only. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 210.131.220.42:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Friend Only?
Either enter client.connect 210.131.220.42:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.