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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,048habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP

Online 216.246.220.112:28015 checked 10m ago

moddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#6,048
top 27%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 12h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75107:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040007:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers. 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 12h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 12h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 12h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 32 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:53 UTC FW27d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP at #6,048, within the top 27% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

Of its 50 slots, Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 14:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP mean?

These are the tags Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 32 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

The force wipe is the only wipe Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 27 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP run?

A procedural map of size 5,000 from seed 827310658, generated by the game, is in use on Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

No gather rate appears in the name of Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs pve, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Carbon running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP run?

On Windows, Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 214 server fps, with 118 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 171,788, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,682 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 8 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP located?

Nothing in the tags says where Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP is, but its name points to North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 216.246.220.112:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Live Free Gaming: US Casual PVE/PVP?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 216.246.220.112:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/whrXuZhYzg.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Gameplay

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.