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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,600EUfirst seen 22 Oct 2026

Friendly Noob

Online EU 91.216.46.136:28015 checked 14m ago

weekly wipes vanillaoxide

Measurements

Players now
3/ 200
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
2
peak 5
Rank
#2,600
top 12% · #984 in EU
Last wipe
5d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
1d 0h
Thu 29 Oct, 17:49 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246818:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

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 22 Oct. 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
12k4k6k8k22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 12% of all ranked servers, top 34% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 17:49 UTC, in 1d 0h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

1d 0h
Thu 29 Oct, 17:49 UTC
8d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
15d 0h
Thu 12 Nov, 17:49 UTC
22d 0h
Thu 19 Nov, 17:49 UTC
29d 0h
Thu 26 Nov, 17:49 UTC
36d 1h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
43d 0h
Thu 10 Dec, 17:49 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 3 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 17:49 UTC5d ago 5 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Friendly Noob rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Friendly Noob is #2,600, #984 in Europe, placing it in the top 12% of ranked servers.

How busy is Friendly Noob?

Friendly Noob holds 3 players at the moment, out of 200 slots. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 5 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 4 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Friendly Noob mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Friendly Noob is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp200 (Max players): 200 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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): The region code is left blank; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe. 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 Friendly Noob?

On Rust Population, Friendly Noob is filed under these lists: Rust servers for beginners, counted, Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Friendly Noob?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 5 players. Peak came 3 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Friendly Noob?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of Friendly Noob's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Due on Thursday 29 October at 17:49 UTC is its next wipe. 5 days 22 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.

Settings

Which map does Friendly Noob run?

The map on Friendly Noob is procedural, made by the game at size 3,900 from seed 95867456. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Friendly Noob?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Friendly Noob states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. Oxide plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Friendly Noob run?

On Linux, Friendly Noob runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Friendly Noob run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 232 server fps, with 222 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 88,652, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,760 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Friendly Noob online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Friendly Noob is online. About 13 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 5 full days, 119 out of 120 hours. On 22 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Friendly Noob located?

By its EU tag, Friendly Noob says it is in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 91.216.46.136:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Friendly Noob?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 91.216.46.136:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/uycgthnky5.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp200
Max players 200 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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 The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly A weekly wipe takes place.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it appears 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.