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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,709EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Rusty Hedgehogs

Online EU 81.230.17.61:28015 checked 8m ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 100
= 1 player
1% full
7-day average
1
peak 9
Rank
#2,709
top 12% · #1031 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246814:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304014:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 12% of all ranked servers, top 35% in EU. 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 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

7
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 5h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 45 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:44 UTC FW27d ago 7 – 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

Population

How does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs at #2,709, or #1,031 in Europe, inside the top 12% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

The count reads 1 players on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs, which has 100 slots. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 9 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 18:00 UTC, when an average of 4 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs mean?

These are the tags [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 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; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

These Rust Population lists include [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

Averaged over recent wipes, 7 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 45 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

The force wipe is the only wipe [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 27 days 19 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run?

[EU] Rusty Hedgehogs uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,250 with seed 1136106235. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. 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 files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. By its own description it is vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 40 server fps, with 37 as the lowest. The entity count reached 110,604: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,646 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 23 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs located?

The EU tag is how [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 81.230.17.61:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?

Either enter client.connect 81.230.17.61:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/akRqeareRd.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The game mode is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 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.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^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

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.