the cool cat
Online 87.76.218.5:25258 checked 9m 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 25 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct, 13:57 UTC7h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 25 Oct, 23:36 UTC2d ago | 2 | held half | 2.6 days | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does the cool cat rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place the cool cat at #5,991, within the top 27% of all ranked servers.
How busy is the cool cat?
The count reads 0 players on the cool cat, which has 40 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 22:00 UTC, when an average of 2 players were on.
Tags
What do the server tags on the cool cat mean?
These are the tags the cool cat publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 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): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 the cool cat?
These Rust Population lists include the cool cat: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on the cool cat?
Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on the cool cat?
Too few wipes are on record for the cool cat to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does the cool cat run?
the cool cat uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 1. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on the cool cat?
No gather rate appears in the name of the cool cat. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does the cool cat run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what the cool cat uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does the cool cat run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 21 server fps, with 10 as the lowest. Up to 73,605 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,409 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is the cool cat online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, the cool cat is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 2 hours ago. It was up 90% of the time over the last 2 full days, 43 out of 48 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 25 October 2026.
Where is the cool cat located?
Nothing published by the cool cat states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 87.76.218.5:25258 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join the cool cat?
Either enter client.connect 87.76.218.5:25258 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.