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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,680EUfirst seen 20 Sep 2026

SPEX SPEX

Online EU 82.20.187.90:28015 checked 13m ago

monthly wipes

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,680
top 66% · #2517 in EU
Last wipe
25d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 66% of all ranked servers, top 86% 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 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

5.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

Coming wipes

8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 OctWed 23 SepSun 20 Sep
00.250.50.751+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
Fri 2 Oct, 02:02 UTC25d ago 0 – running 0
Wed 23 Sep, 12:51 UTC34d ago 1 halved by day 3 8.5 days 0
Sun 20 Sep, 15:52 UTC37d ago 1 held half 2.9 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 SPEX SPEX rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days SPEX SPEX is #14,680, #2,517 in Europe, placing it in the top 66% of ranked servers.

How busy is SPEX SPEX?

Of its 100 slots, SPEX SPEX is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on SPEX SPEX mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags SPEX SPEX publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players to start; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 SPEX SPEX?

These Rust Population lists include SPEX SPEX: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe and Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on SPEX SPEX?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on SPEX SPEX?

SPEX SPEX wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 25 days 18 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does SPEX SPEX run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on SPEX SPEX.

What are the rules and settings on SPEX SPEX?

Nothing in SPEX SPEX's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does SPEX SPEX run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what SPEX SPEX uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is SPEX SPEX online, and how reliable is it?

SPEX SPEX is up and running at the moment. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 20 September 2026.

Where is SPEX SPEX located?

The EU tag is how SPEX SPEX places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 82.20.187.90:28015.

How to join

How do I join SPEX SPEX?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 82.20.187.90:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,EU,^t,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players to start.

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.