PVE Friends
Offline 81.159.186.17:28015 checked 39d 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
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?
The last seven days of player hours place PVE Friends at #13,268, within the top – of all ranked servers.
How busy is PVE Friends?
We have no live count for PVE Friends right now. It was last seen 39 days 3 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on PVE Friends mean?
These are the tags PVE Friends publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs164530 (Build): This server runs game build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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 PVE Friends?
These Rust Population lists include PVE Friends: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on PVE Friends?
Too few wipes are on record for PVE Friends to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 39 days 4 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does PVE Friends run?
The map on PVE Friends is procedural, made by the game.
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. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 2633 and build 164530 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?
We last saw PVE Friends 39 days 3 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is PVE Friends located?
A region is not published by PVE Friends. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 81.159.186.17:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join PVE Friends?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 81.159.186.17:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.