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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,404habitat unknownfirst seen 23 Oct 2026

[UK][PVE] Lads and Dads

Online 45.92.45.83:28015 checked 8m ago

moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 64
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,404
top 69%
Last wipe
26d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020023:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

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 23 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
15k10k15k20k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,404 for player hours, which puts [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads?

Of its 64 slots, [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp64 (Max players): 64 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): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^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 [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads?

These Rust Population lists include [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads?

The record holds too few of [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 2 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads run?

[UK][PVE] Lads and Dads uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 71000. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads?

No gather rate appears in the name of [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs pve, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 137 server fps, with 123 as the lowest. The entity count reached 73,042: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 2,677 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads online now. About 3 days 23 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 3 full days, 72 of 72 hours were online, or 100%. On 23 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads located?

Nothing in the tags says where [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads is, but its name points to Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 45.92.45.83:28015.

How to join

How do I join [UK][PVE] Lads and Dads?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 45.92.45.83:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp64,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp64
Max players 64 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 This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Gameplay

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

Mods and access

^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.

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.