Newb Beginnings
Online NA 66.51.99.56:28060 checked 8m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 32% of all ranked servers, top 58% in NA, and #396 of the quad servers (top 48%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct, 00:06 UTC17d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:06 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 10.3 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Newb Beginnings rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Newb Beginnings is #7,029, #1,083 in North America, placing it in the top 32% of ranked servers. It places #396 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Newb Beginnings?
The count reads 0 players on Newb Beginnings, which has 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Newb Beginnings mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Newb Beginnings is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 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 standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^b (Biweekly): A wipe happens once a fortnight; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; 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 Newb Beginnings?
These Rust Population lists include Newb Beginnings: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Newb Beginnings?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Newb Beginnings?
Its tag sets the prediction: too few of Newb Beginnings's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 17 days 2 hours ago the current world was made. The tags carry an every-two-weeks wipe schedule.
Map and rules
Which map does Newb Beginnings run?
The map on Newb Beginnings is procedural, made by the game at size 3,750 from seed 1337883756. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Newb Beginnings?
No gather rate appears in the name of Newb Beginnings. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Newb Beginnings run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Newb Beginnings. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Newb Beginnings run smoothly?
It ran at 7 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Up to 79,698 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,869 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Newb Beginnings online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Newb Beginnings is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 42 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 1 October 2026.
Where is Newb Beginnings located?
With its NA tag, Newb Beginnings places itself in North America. 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 66.51.99.56:28060.
How to join
How do I join Newb Beginnings?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.99.56:28060. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.