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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,428habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Oct 2026

[EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX

Online 77.20.252.68:28015 checked 6m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 4
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#7,428
top 33%
Last wipe
9h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5210:0016:0023:0013:0020:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 33% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.3 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 23:42 UTC9h ago – – running 1
Thu 22 Oct, 15:29 UTC5d ago 1 halved by day 1 5.3 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #7,428 for player hours, which puts [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX in the top 33% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

[EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX holds 0 players at the moment, out of 4 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 20:00 UTC, when an average of 2 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX mean?

These are the tags [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp4 (Max players): 4 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

[EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe, Build and creative servers, Community servers, field-listed and Rust creative servers, counted live. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe. 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 [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

Too few wipes are on record for [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX run?

[EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX is online. It was up 72% of the time over the last 7 full days, 121 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 20 October 2026.

Where is [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX located?

The name of [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX points to Europe, though it publishes no region tag. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 77.20.252.68:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join [EU] The Lab | CREATIVE | BUILD | SANDBOX?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 77.20.252.68:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp4
Max players 4 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.