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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,681habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Sep 2026

VP Channel

Offline 81.49.81.249:28015 checked 3d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#8,681
top 39%
Last wipe
31d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k25 Sep29 Sep3 Oct21 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 39% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

2.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 20 OctMon 28 SepSun 27 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 20 Oct, 21:36 UTC8d ago 1 – running 1
Mon 28 Sep, 08:46 UTC31d ago 1 – 22.5 days 1
Sun 27 Sep, 22:53 UTC31d ago 1 – 0.4 days 1
Fri 25 Sep, 08:44 UTC34d ago 1 held half 2.6 days 1

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 VP Channel rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,681 for player hours, which puts VP Channel in the top 39% of all ranked servers.

How busy is VP Channel?

VP Channel is offline at this count; we last saw it 3 days 20 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on VP Channel mean?

These are the tags VP Channel publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 VP Channel?

VP Channel appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on VP Channel?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on VP Channel?

Irregular times are when VP Channel wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 31 days 4 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does VP Channel run?

The map on VP Channel is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on VP Channel?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: VP Channel states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does VP Channel run?

On Windows, VP Channel runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is VP Channel online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw VP Channel 3 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 40 of 168 hours were online, or 24%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 September 2026.

Where is VP Channel located?

No region is published by VP Channel. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 81.49.81.249:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join VP Channel?

Either enter client.connect 81.49.81.249:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players The server has 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.