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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,054EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rusty Reef

Online EU 66.51.97.55:28050 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#5,054
top 23% · #1717 in EU
Last wipe
24d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 14h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75105:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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 23% of all ranked servers, top 59% 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 7d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 14h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 14h
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
Sun 4 Oct, 14:54 UTC24d 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 Rusty Reef rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Rusty Reef is #5,054, #1,717 in Europe, placing it in the top 23% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rusty Reef?

Rusty Reef holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 10:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rusty Reef mean?

These are the tags Rusty Reef publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts5 (Group limit): The team limit is 5; 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): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^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): Its place in the server browser is 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 Rusty Reef?

Rusty Reef appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, 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 Rusty Reef?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Reef?

The force wipe is the only wipe Rusty Reef 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. Counted from 24 days 14 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does Rusty Reef run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 2138400164, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty Reef. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Reef?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Reef. A group may hold 5 players at most. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rusty Reef run?

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

Does Rusty Reef run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 27 server fps, with a low of 5. Up to 121,750 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,903 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Rusty Reef online, and how reliable is it?

Rusty Reef is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 19 hours ago. It was up 93% of the time over the last 7 full days, 156 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusty Reef located?

By its EU tag, Rusty Reef says it is 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 66.51.97.55:28050.

How to join

How do I join Rusty Reef?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.97.55:28050; 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts5,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts5
Group limit The team limit is 5.
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 The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

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.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is 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.