Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 10m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 37% of all ranked servers, top 72% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:31 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Natural Selection rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Natural Selection is #8,130, #2,102 in Europe, placing it in the top 37% of ranked servers.
How busy is Natural Selection?
Of its 75 slots, Natural Selection is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
These are the tags Natural Selection publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp75 (Max players): You can join up to 75 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 Natural Selection?
These Rust Population lists include Natural Selection: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Natural Selection?
Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
The force wipe is the only wipe Natural Selection takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 27 days 14 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Settings
Which map does Natural Selection run?
The map on Natural Selection is procedural, made by the game at size 6,000.
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
No gather rate appears in the name of Natural Selection. No group limit is published. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Natural Selection run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Natural Selection. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 5 server fps, with a low of 5. The entity count reached 204,250: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,073 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Natural Selection online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 14 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 1 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Natural Selection located?
The EU tag is how Natural Selection places itself in Europe. 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 66.51.97.50:28010.
How to join
How do I join Natural Selection?
Either enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Joining requires Rust's premium status.