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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,980NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP

Online NA 66.51.99.21:28050 checked 10m ago

quad monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#5,980
top 27% · #979 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 4h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123415:0000:0009:0017:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246815:0000:0009:0017:0003:0012:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers, top 53% in NA, and #355 of the quad servers (top 43%). 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 4h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 4h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 4h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 27 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 21:28 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP rank against other Rust servers?

The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP ranks #5,980 on seven-day player hours, #979 in North America, and sits in the top 27% of all ranked servers. It places #355 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2.

Tags

What do the server tags on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP mean?

What the game's server browser reads from The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs 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; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; 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 The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

On Rust Population, The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 27 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 27 days 16 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP run?

The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 2122343034. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

Nothing in The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP's name says how gather works. 4 is the most a group can hold (quad). pve is what it runs, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP run?

On Linux, The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP run smoothly?

It ran at 5 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Entities peaked at 143,372, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 5,538 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP online, and how reliable is it?

You will find The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP online now. About 1 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP located?

With its NA tag, The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP places itself 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 66.51.99.21:28050.

Getting in

How do I join The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.99.21:28050; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp9024879.jpg.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts4,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts4
Group limit Teams can have no more than 4 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs 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

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.