The Milkdrinkers RUST Server
Online EU 84.72.97.58:28015 checked 8m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 42% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:51 UTC FW26d ago | 8 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is #3,310, #1,241 in Europe, placing it in the top 15% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
The Milkdrinkers RUST Server holds 2 players at the moment, out of 500 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 4. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 00:00 UTC, when an average of 2 players were on.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Milkdrinkers RUST Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; 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 The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
These Rust Population lists include The Milkdrinkers RUST Server: Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed, PvE servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 8 players were counted at the busiest point. 25 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
The force wipe is the only wipe The Milkdrinkers RUST Server takes, 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 26 days 6 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server run?
The map on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1337. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Desolate Shores.
What are the rules and settings on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Milkdrinkers RUST Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs pve, no player combat. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You will find Oxide running as plugins. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what The Milkdrinkers RUST Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server run smoothly?
It ran at 77 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 46. Up to 115,936 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,599 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server online, and how reliable is it?
You will find The Milkdrinkers RUST Server online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 18 hours ago. 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 13 September 2026.
Where is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server located?
The EU tag is how The Milkdrinkers RUST Server places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 84.72.97.58:28015.
How to join
How do I join The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 84.72.97.58:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://www.milkdrinkers.com.