Fear Factor
Online 216.225.145.23:10000 checked 10m 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
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 12 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:37 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 05:15 UTC28d ago | 2 | – | 0.8 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Fear Factor rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,327 for player hours, which puts Fear Factor in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Fear Factor?
Fear Factor holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Tags
What do the server tags on Fear Factor mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Fear Factor publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^i (Battlefield): High rates and kits drive fast PvP here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^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 Fear Factor?
On Rust Population, Fear Factor is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted and Rust battlefield servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Fear Factor?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 12 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Fear Factor?
The force wipe is the only wipe Fear Factor takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 27 days 15 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Map and rules
Which map does Fear Factor run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1, generated by the game, is in use on Fear Factor. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Fear Factor?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Fear Factor states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs battlefield, kits and high rates drive fast PvP. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Fear Factor run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 on Linux is what Fear Factor uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Fear Factor run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 192 server fps, with a low of 135. The entity count reached 93,311: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 5,842 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Fear Factor online, and how reliable is it?
Fear Factor is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 12 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 Fear Factor located?
A region is not published by Fear Factor. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 216.225.145.23:10000 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Fear Factor?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 216.225.145.23:10000. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.