NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server
Offline EU 212.121.110.162:28015 checked 8d 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 24 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 10 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep, 13:21 UTC34d ago | 2 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server rank against other Rust servers?
NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server ranks #15,383 on seven-day player hours, #2,581 in Europe, and sits in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
We have no live count for NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server right now. It was last seen 8 days 6 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 10 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
Too few wipes are on record for NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 34 days 12 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server run?
A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 13371337, generated by the game, is in use on NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
No gather rate appears in the name of NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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.
Server details
Which version of Rust does NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows is what NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server was last seen 8 days 6 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 24 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server located?
With its EU tag, NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server places itself in Europe. 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 212.121.110.162:28015.
Getting in
How do I join NightShade's Buddy-Only Rust server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 212.121.110.162:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.