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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,944NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |

Online NA 69.9.150.161:28018 checked 6m ago

2x monthly wipes moddedoxidepremium

Measurements

Players now
3/ 100
= 1 player
3% full
7-day average
1
peak 5
Rank
#2,944
top 13% · #479 in NA
Last wipe
4d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 16h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040003:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 26% in NA. 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 8d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence

22.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
4
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

8d 16h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 16h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctThu 1 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 6 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 19:57 UTC4d ago 5 – running 4
Thu 1 Oct, 18:30 UTC FW26d ago 3 held half 22.1 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

Player counts

How does The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | at #2,944, or #479 in North America, inside the top 13% of all ranked servers.

How busy is The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | holds 3 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 5. Look at the last 48 hours and 00:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 4 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | mean?

These are the tags The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^d (Combat training): Practise aim and PvP; the loot is handed to you; ^k (Build server): Design and practise bases here; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to join; ^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. 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 Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

These Rust Population lists include The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Modded Rust servers, counted, Rust aim training servers, counted live, Build and creative servers and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Combat training ^d, Build server ^k, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 2x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 4 players. Peak came 6 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | 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. 4 days 6 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | run?

The map on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | is procedural, made by the game at size 3,700 from seed 1337. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

You gather at 2x on The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |, to judge by the name. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. combat training is what it runs, loot is handed out for aim and PvP practice. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. You need Rust's premium status to join. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | run smoothly?

It ran at 188 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 159. The entity count reached 95,407: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,144 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | online, and how reliable is it?

You will find The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | online now. About 6 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | located?

With its NA tag, The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x | places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 69.9.150.161:28018.

Getting in

How do I join The Salt Mines (Official) Solo Only | 2x |?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 69.9.150.161:28018; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You need Rust's premium status to join. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/dYfBrKRKx6.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^d,^k,NA,gmvanilla,cs168909,^q,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^d
Combat training Practise aim and PvP; the loot is handed to you.
^k
Build server Design and practise bases here.

Mods and access

^q
Premium You need Rust's premium status to join.
^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.