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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,584habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Canadian Backyard PVE

Online 54.39.161.203:28080 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#4,584
top 21%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123402:0011:0021:0006:0015:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608002:0011:0021:0006:0015:0000:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 21% 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.

6.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 7 OctThu 1 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 2 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 7 Oct, 21:49 UTC22d ago 7 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 19:02 UTC FW28d ago 6 held half 6.1 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Canadian Backyard PVE rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Canadian Backyard PVE at #4,584, within the top 21% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Canadian Backyard PVE?

The count reads 1 players on Canadian Backyard PVE, which has 50 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 3. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 00:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Canadian Backyard PVE mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Canadian Backyard PVE is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 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): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Canadian Backyard PVE?

These Rust Population lists include Canadian Backyard PVE: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Canadian Backyard PVE?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 6 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Canadian Backyard PVE?

Too few wipes are on record for Canadian Backyard 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. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 4 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Canadian Backyard PVE run?

A procedural map of size 5,000 from seed 425, generated by the game, is in use on Canadian Backyard PVE. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Canadian Backyard PVE?

Nothing in Canadian Backyard PVE's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Canadian Backyard PVE run?

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

Does Canadian Backyard PVE run smoothly?

It ran at 50 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 30. The entity count reached 199,035: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 4,726 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Canadian Backyard PVE online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Canadian Backyard PVE is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 16 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Canadian Backyard PVE located?

The name of Canadian Backyard PVE points to North America, though it publishes no region tag. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 54.39.161.203:28080 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Canadian Backyard PVE?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 54.39.161.203:28080; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/HYfVWFZ8.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players 50 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 RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^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.