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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,380EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Honey Badger Build Server

Online EU 66.51.97.51:28005 checked 11m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#8,380
top 38% · #2114 in EU
Last wipe
23d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246821:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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 38% of all ranked servers, top 72% in EU. 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 6d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 6 Oct, 15:59 UTC23d ago 1 – 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 Honey Badger Build Server rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Honey Badger Build Server at #8,380, or #2,114 in Europe, inside the top 38% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Honey Badger Build Server?

Of its 50 slots, Honey Badger Build Server is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 3.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Honey Badger Build Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Honey Badger Build Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; 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; ^c (Creative): No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 Honey Badger Build Server?

These Rust Population lists include Honey Badger Build Server: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers and Rust creative servers, counted live. Filter the server list by Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Honey Badger Build Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Honey Badger Build Server?

The force wipe is the only wipe Honey Badger Build Server takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 23 days 1 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does Honey Badger Build Server run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 1, generated by the game, is in use on Honey Badger Build Server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Honey Badger Build Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Honey Badger Build Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs build & creative, no gathering; build in a sandbox. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Honey Badger Build Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Honey Badger Build Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Honey Badger Build Server run smoothly?

It ran at 5 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. The entity count reached 48,287: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,412 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Honey Badger Build Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Honey Badger Build Server online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 5 days 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Honey Badger Build Server located?

With its EU tag, Honey Badger Build Server 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 66.51.97.51:28005.

Getting in

How do I join Honey Badger Build Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.97.51:28005. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
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.

Gameplay

^c
Creative No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.