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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,969NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly

Online NA 66.51.99.131:28019 checked 13m ago

biweekly wipes vanillacarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 120
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#5,969
top 27% · #973 in NA
Last wipe
14d ago
biweekly schedule
Next wipe
6d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5201:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040001:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers, top 52% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 9

Coming wipes

6d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
13d 17h
Thu 12 Nov, 17:58 UTC
34d 18h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
41d 17h
Thu 10 Dec, 17:58 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
00.511.52+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
Thu 15 Oct, 17:58 UTC14d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:55 UTC FW28d ago 1 halved by day 9 14 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 17:58 UTC42d ago 2 held half 14 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 Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly at #5,969, or #973 in North America, inside the top 27% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

Of its 120 slots, Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 06:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp120 (Max players): You can join up to 120 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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; ^b (Biweekly): The server wipes on a two-week cycle; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): The server browser lists it 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 Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

These Rust Population lists include Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly: Rust servers for beginners, counted, Community servers, field-listed, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. By day 9 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

Counted by rhythm, Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly wipes every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:58 UTC. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 14 days 6 hours ago. A wipe every two weeks is what the tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly run?

A procedural map of size 3,750 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You will find Carbon running as plugins. By its own description it is vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly run?

On Linux, Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 156 server fps, with 105 as the lowest. The entity count reached 90,596: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,667 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly is online. About 12 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 85% of the time over the last 7 full days, 143 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly located?

By its NA tag, Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 66.51.99.131:28019.

How to join

How do I join Thermite.GG | Limited KOS | Noob Friendly | Biweekly?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.99.131:28019; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You can find its website at https://thermite.gg.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp120,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^b,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp120
Max players You can join up to 120 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly The server wipes on a two-week cycle.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.