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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,327NAfirst seen 25 Sep 2026

Deer Path Servers

Online NA 66.51.99.55:28000 checked 10m ago

quad monthly wipes moddedoxidesoftcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,327
top 69% · #1502 in NA
Last wipe
12d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246818:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

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 25 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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep2 Oct9 Oct15 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% in NA, and #616 of the quad servers (top 74%). 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 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

21.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 5

Coming wipes

7d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 1h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 17 OctFri 25 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 17 Oct, 06:36 UTC12d ago 0 – running 0
Fri 25 Sep, 11:14 UTC34d ago 1 halved by day 5 21.8 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 Deer Path Servers rank against other Rust servers?

Deer Path Servers ranks #15,327 on seven-day player hours, #1,502 in North America, and sits in the top 69% of all ranked servers. It places #616 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is Deer Path Servers?

Of its 50 slots, Deer Path Servers is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Deer Path Servers mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Deer Path Servers is this set of tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): This is Facepunch's easier mode, where death leaves you part of your inventory; ^r (Roleplay): This server is for roleplay; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. 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 Deer Path Servers?

On Rust Population, Deer Path Servers is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, Rust population: roleplay and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Deer Path Servers?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 5 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Deer Path Servers?

Deer Path Servers wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, 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 12 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Deer Path Servers run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1673229444, generated by the game, is in use on Deer Path Servers. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Deer Path Servers?

Nothing in Deer Path Servers's name says how gather works. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). This server runs softcore, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Deer Path Servers run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Deer Path Servers. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Deer Path Servers run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 5 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. The entity count reached 123,643: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 4,675 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Deer Path Servers online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Deer Path Servers online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 7 days 4 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 25 September 2026.

Where is Deer Path Servers located?

By its NA tag, Deer Path Servers says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 66.51.99.55:28000.

How to join

How do I join Deer Path Servers?

Either enter client.connect 66.51.99.55:28000 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,^r,NA,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode The ruleset is softcore, which is easier.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts4
Group limit The team limit is 4.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^s
Softcore This is Facepunch's easier mode, where death leaves you part of your inventory.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay This server is for roleplay.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is 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.