PVE Friends
Offline 81.135.36.37:28015 checked 25d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 PVE Friends rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #13,836 for player hours, which puts PVE Friends in the top 61% of all ranked servers.
How busy is PVE Friends?
We have no live count for PVE Friends right now. It was last seen 25 days 16 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on PVE Friends mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags PVE Friends publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166586 (Build): The game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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 PVE Friends?
On Rust Population, PVE Friends is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on PVE Friends?
Too few wipes are on record for PVE Friends 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. 25 days 20 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does PVE Friends run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on PVE Friends.
What are the rules and settings on PVE Friends?
No gather rate appears in the name of PVE Friends. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does PVE Friends run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux is what PVE Friends uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is PVE Friends online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, PVE Friends was last seen 25 days 16 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 2 October 2026.
Where is PVE Friends located?
Nothing published by PVE Friends states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 81.135.36.37:28015.
How to join
How do I join PVE Friends?
Either enter client.connect 81.135.36.37:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.