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Specimen recordcat. no. 10,123habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Westerwald PVE

Online 5.39.17.35:28015 checked 6m ago

pve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#10,123
top 45%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123405:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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 45% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

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

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 11:55 UTC24d 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 Westerwald PVE rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Westerwald PVE at #10,123, within the top 45% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Westerwald PVE?

The count reads 0 players on Westerwald PVE, which has 5 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Westerwald PVE mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Westerwald PVE publishes: 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; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Westerwald PVE?

These Rust Population lists include Westerwald PVE: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Westerwald PVE?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Westerwald PVE?

Too few wipes are on record for Westerwald PVE 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 24 days 16 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Westerwald PVE run?

Westerwald PVE uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 5,000 with seed 50000. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Westerwald PVE?

No gather rate appears in the name of Westerwald PVE. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get pve here, no player combat. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Westerwald PVE run?

On Linux, Westerwald PVE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Westerwald PVE run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 81 server fps, with a low of 45. The entity count reached 140,068: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 5,154 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Westerwald PVE online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Westerwald PVE is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 11 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 Westerwald PVE located?

Nothing published by Westerwald PVE states a region. 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 5.39.17.35:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Westerwald PVE?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.39.17.35:28015; 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

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.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

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.