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Specimen recordcat. no. 9,439NAfirst seen 7 Oct 2026

[PVE] Man VS Wild

Online NA 97.102.153.245:28015 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#9,439
top 43% · #1256 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 20h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608023:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

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 7 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct11 Oct15 Oct19 Oct23 Oct27 Oct

Top 43% of all ranked servers, top 67% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 20h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 20h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 29 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 18 Oct, 18:30 UTC9d ago 2 – 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

Population

How does [PVE] Man VS Wild rank against other Rust servers?

[PVE] Man VS Wild ranks #9,439 on seven-day player hours, #1,256 in North America, and sits in the top 43% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [PVE] Man VS Wild?

[PVE] Man VS Wild holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [PVE] Man VS Wild mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags [PVE] Man VS Wild publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts10 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 10 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 [PVE] Man VS Wild?

On Rust Population, [PVE] Man VS Wild is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [PVE] Man VS Wild?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. 29 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on [PVE] Man VS Wild?

Once a month [PVE] Man VS Wild wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 26 days 2 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does [PVE] Man VS Wild run?

The map on [PVE] Man VS Wild is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 23133243. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on [PVE] Man VS Wild?

No gather rate appears in the name of [PVE] Man VS Wild. Up to 10 players can team together. This server runs pve, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [PVE] Man VS Wild run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [PVE] Man VS Wild uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [PVE] Man VS Wild run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 49 server fps, with 35 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 120,624, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,067 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is [PVE] Man VS Wild online, and how reliable is it?

[PVE] Man VS Wild is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 2 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 7 October 2026.

Where is [PVE] Man VS Wild located?

With its NA tag, [PVE] Man VS Wild places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 97.102.153.245:28015.

How to join

How do I join [PVE] Man VS Wild?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 97.102.153.245:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ManVsWild.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts10,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts10
Group limit Teams can have no more than 10 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.