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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,338NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

FAFO 5x

Online NA 66.51.96.50:28045 checked 15m ago

5x monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 75
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,338
top 69% · #1510 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 10h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123409:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246809:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

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 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% in NA. 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 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 10h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 10h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:36 UTC FW27d ago 0 – 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

Player counts

How does FAFO 5x rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put FAFO 5x at #15,338, or #1,510 in North America, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is FAFO 5x?

Of its 75 slots, FAFO 5x is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on FAFO 5x mean?

These are the tags FAFO 5x publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts6 (Group limit): You may team with up to 6 players; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; 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; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. 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 FAFO 5x?

These Rust Population lists include FAFO 5x: 5x Rust server population, 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: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 5x.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on FAFO 5x?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on FAFO 5x?

Once a month FAFO 5x wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 27 days 13 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does FAFO 5x run?

The map on FAFO 5x is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 1337. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on FAFO 5x?

FAFO 5x advertises a 5x gather rate in its title. Up to 6 players can team together. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does FAFO 5x run?

On Linux, FAFO 5x runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does FAFO 5x run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 5 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. The entity count reached 97,647: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,244 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is FAFO 5x online, and how reliable is it?

FAFO 5x is up and running at the moment. About 6 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. 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 FAFO 5x located?

By its NA tag, FAFO 5x says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 66.51.96.50:28045 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join FAFO 5x?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.96.50:28045; 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 mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts6,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp75
Max players The server has 75 slots.
ts6
Group limit You may team with up to 6 players.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it appears under North America.

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.