friends
Offline 90.108.178.181:28015 checked 21d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% 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 1, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Oct, 09:51 UTC22d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does friends rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, friends places at #13,702, within the top 62% of ranked servers.
How busy is friends?
At this count friends is offline, with its last sighting 21 days 8 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on friends mean?
These are the tags friends publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^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 friends?
On Rust Population, friends is filed under these lists: 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 schedule
What does wipe day look like on friends?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 5 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on friends?
The record holds too few of friends's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 22 days 12 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does friends run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on friends.
What are the rules and settings on friends?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: friends states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, 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. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does friends run?
On Windows, friends runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is friends online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, friends was last seen 21 days 8 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 5 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is friends located?
No region is published by friends. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 90.108.178.181:28015.
How to join
How do I join friends?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 90.108.178.181:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.