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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,382habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Sep 2026

NoobGrinder

Offline 98.124.81.219:28015 checked 15d ago

vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,382
top 71%
Last wipe
35d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k24 Sep29 Sep4 Oct10 Oct15 Oct20 Oct

Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 NoobGrinder rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,382 for player hours, which puts NoobGrinder in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is NoobGrinder?

At this count NoobGrinder is offline, with its last sighting 15 days 20 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on NoobGrinder mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags NoobGrinder publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 NoobGrinder?

On Rust Population, NoobGrinder is filed under these lists: Rust servers for beginners, counted and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on NoobGrinder?

Too few wipes are on record for NoobGrinder to show its 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 35 days 4 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does NoobGrinder run?

NoobGrinder uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on NoobGrinder?

No gather rate appears in the name of NoobGrinder. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. By its own description it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does NoobGrinder run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for NoobGrinder. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is NoobGrinder online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, NoobGrinder was last seen 15 days 20 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 September 2026.

Where is NoobGrinder located?

A region is not published by NoobGrinder. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 98.124.81.219:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join NoobGrinder?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 98.124.81.219:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^v,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build Game build: 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.