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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,480habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

BGS-Germany

Online 78.42.173.12:28015 checked 12m ago

vanillapve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 69
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#5,480
top 25%
Last wipe
26d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5214:0023:0008:0017:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510014:0023:0008:0017:0002:0011:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 25% 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.

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 6 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 10:57 UTC26d ago 3 – 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 BGS-Germany rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #5,480 for player hours, which puts BGS-Germany in the top 25% of all ranked servers.

How busy is BGS-Germany?

BGS-Germany holds 0 players at the moment, out of 69 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on BGS-Germany mean?

What the game's server browser reads from BGS-Germany is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp69 (Max players): You can join up to 69 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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): This server has no region code; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include BGS-Germany?

These Rust Population lists include BGS-Germany: Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed, PvE servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Vanilla ^v and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on BGS-Germany?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. Peak came 6 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on BGS-Germany?

The record holds too few of BGS-Germany's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 26 days 2 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does BGS-Germany run?

BGS-Germany uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 6,000 with seed 1058929173. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on BGS-Germany?

Nothing in BGS-Germany's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get pve here, no player combat. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The server describes itself as vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does BGS-Germany run?

On Windows, BGS-Germany runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does BGS-Germany run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 82 server fps, with 65 as the lowest. The entity count reached 206,646: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 4,877 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is BGS-Germany online, and how reliable is it?

BGS-Germany is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days ago. 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 BGS-Germany located?

Nothing in the tags says where BGS-Germany is, but its name points to Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 78.42.173.12:28015.

Getting in

How do I join BGS-Germany?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 78.42.173.12:28015. 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 mp69,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp69
Max players You can join up to 69 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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 This server has no region code.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

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

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.