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Observing 33,864 players 11,668 servers 2,833 with someone on 84 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 173NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday

Online NA 91.229.114.17:28015 checked 11m ago

official weekly wipes vanillaoxide

Measurements

Players now
10/ 200
= 1 player
5% full
7-day average
100
peak 508
Rank
#173
top 0.8% · #36 in NA
Last wipe
5d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
1d 16h
Fri 30 Oct, 19:58 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
02040608004:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304004:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

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 17 Sep. 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
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 0.8% of all ranked servers, top 2% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Friday 30 October, 19:58 UTC, in 1d 16h. Every Friday at 19:58 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
442
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2.5

Coming wipes

1d 16h
Fri 30 Oct, 19:58 UTC
7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
8d 16h
Fri 6 Nov, 19:58 UTC
15d 16h
Fri 13 Nov, 19:58 UTC
22d 16h
Fri 20 Nov, 19:58 UTC
29d 16h
Fri 27 Nov, 19:58 UTC
35d 15h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 16h
Fri 4 Dec, 19:58 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctFri 16 OctFri 9 Oct
0200400600800+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 508, 6 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 19:58 UTC5d ago 508 – running 95
Fri 16 Oct, 19:59 UTC12d ago 409 halved by day 2 7 days 80
Fri 9 Oct, 19:58 UTC19d ago 408 halved by day 3 7 days 79
Fri 2 Oct, 19:58 UTC26d ago 153 halved by day 2 7 days 31
Thu 1 Oct, 17:59 UTC FW27d ago 153 – 1.1 days 13
Fri 25 Sep, 19:58 UTC33d ago 472+30 queue halved by day 3 5.9 days 111
Fri 18 Sep, 19:58 UTC40d ago 338+15 queue halved by day 2 7 days 38

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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday rank against other Rust servers?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday ranks #173 on seven-day player hours, #36 in North America, and sits in the top 0.8% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday holds 10 players at the moment, out of 200 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 100 players and reached a peak of 508. Look at the last 48 hours and 20:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 37 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday publishes: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp200 (Max players): 200 slots are available; ts16 (Group limit): You may team with up to 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust. 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.

Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

The rplayrust.com hostname that Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday publishes is shared with 16 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Official Rust servers, counted, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla 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; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 442 players. Peak came 6 hours into the latest wipe. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 2.5.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday follows a wipe rhythm of every Friday at 19:58 UTC. A wipe is due on Friday 30 October at 19:58 UTC, the next one. 5 days 7 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.

Map and rules

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday run?

A custom map of size 3,600 is in use on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday, and the map file is published, so you can download it here.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday. Up to 16 players can team together. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The Official tab in Rust lists it. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The server describes itself as vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday run smoothly?

It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 30. The entity count reached 177,325: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 6,643 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday located?

The NA tag is how Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday places itself in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 91.229.114.17:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

Either enter client.connect 91.229.114.17:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts16,^o,rustmaps

On Rust Population

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp200
Max players 200 slots are available.
ts16
Group limit You may team with up to 16 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust.

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.