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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,270EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore

Offline EU 81.230.17.61:28023 checked 17h ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,270
top 69% · #2529 in EU
Last wipe
28d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123408:0014:0021:0002:0008:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304008:0014:0021:0002:0008:0014:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 87% 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 6d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 11h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

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 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:03 UTC FW28d ago 0 – 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 Softcore rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore at #15,270, or #2,529 in Europe, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore?

At this count [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore is offline, with its last sighting 17 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

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

The game's server browser reads the tags [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 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): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore?

On Rust Population, [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by 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 and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

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

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

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

Once a month [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore wipes, and that is with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 28 days 13 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore run?

A procedural map of size 4,250 from seed 94247994, generated by the game, is in use on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

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

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. Vanilla is the label it uses: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

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

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

Does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 40 server fps, with 39 as the lowest. The entity count reached 105,230: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 4,729 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

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

Currently offline, [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore was last seen 17 hours ago. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 19 hours ago. It was up 94% of the time over the last 7 full days, 158 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore located?

The EU tag is how [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore places itself in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 81.230.17.61:28023 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs Softcore?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 81.230.17.61:28023; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: 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 This is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 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 The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as 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 Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^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.