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Exhibit no. 208Acc. 2026.0208
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU
Rust server, EU · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online EU 168.100.161.244:28019 checked 7m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 17 Sep15:54 24 Sep15:53 1 Oct17:45 · FW 8 Oct15:54 15 Oct15:53 22 Oct15:53 29 Oct15:53 5 Nov19:00 · FW 12 Nov15:53 19 Nov15:53 26 Nov15:53 3 Dec19:00 · FW 10 Dec15:53
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 22 Oct 202615:53 UTC6d ago
- Peak
- 497+50 in the queue
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 104
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Thu 15 Oct 202615:53 UTC13d ago
- Peak
- 468+24 in the queue
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 7 days
- Players before
- 92
-
Thu 8 Oct 202615:54 UTC20d ago
- Peak
- 523+31 in the queue
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 7 days
- Players before
- 107
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:45 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 473
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 6.9 days
- Players before
- 21
-
Thu 24 Sep 202615:53 UTC34d ago
- Peak
- 513+16 in the queue
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 7.1 days
- Players before
- 100
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Thu 17 Sep 202615:54 UTC41d ago
- Peak
- 478
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 7 days
- Players before
- 29
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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
fixed weekdays
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:53 UTC, in 35m. Every Thursday at 15:53 UTC · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 35mThu 29 Oct, 15:53 UTC
- 7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 14d 0hThu 12 Nov, 15:53 UTC
- 21d 0hThu 19 Nov, 15:53 UTC
- 28d 0hThu 26 Nov, 15:53 UTC
- 35d 3hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- 42d 0hThu 10 Dec, 15:53 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 497, 2 hours in, with 50 in the queue.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 0.9% of all ranked servers, top 4% in EU, and #14 of the duo servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU and 51 other servers we track share a rustfornoobs.com hostname, so the same operator most likely runs them.
What do the server tags on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp150 (Max players): The server holds 150 slots; ts2 (Group limit): The team cap is 2; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): Wipes fall every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is installed here; EU (Europe): Europe is the region the server browser files it under. Shown at the top of this page are the current players, the queue and the world's age, also taken from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
The Rust Server History lists that feature RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU are: Rust servers for new players, Duo Rust servers, European Rust servers, Rust community servers and The vanilla Rust servers on record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average.
The record
Does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 97 server fps; the low was 84. As many as 200,531 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 5,990 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU runs, on Windows. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is online. About 7 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged by the uptime it reports. 167 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time, over the last 7 full days. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU located?
With its EU tag, RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU lists itself in Europe. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. Its entry gives 168.100.161.244:28019 as the address.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
496 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. 2 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked, with a queue of 50 more. Above half that peak until the next wipe it stayed in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 2 it fell below half in the wipes where it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
A every Thursday at 15:53 UTC rhythm governs the wipes on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU. Due on Thursday 29 October at 15:53 UTC is its next wipe. 6 days 23 hours ago its current world was made. Its tags carry a weekly wipe schedule.
Population
How does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU at #208, in the top 0.9% of all ranked servers; within Europe it is #106. Within its group of duo servers, this entry ranks #14.
How busy is RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
29 players are on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU at present, from 150 slots. The seven-day average stands at 91 players; the peak is 497. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 19:00 UTC, averaging 52 players.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
The name of RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU carries no gather rate. You may join a group of up to 2 players (duo). survival is the game mode, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. You may fight and raid other players. Under Community in the server browser, this community server is listed. Oxide plugins are running. The server applies the label vanilla: facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU run?
Generated by the game at size 3,750 with seed 18439, the map on RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU is procedural. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map. Under map name, the entry reads: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.
Joining the server
How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | EU?
Enter client.connect 168.100.161.244:28019 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you. https://rustfornoobs.com is where its website is.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts2,^o
Game
gmrust
mp150
ts2
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^o
Region
EU
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.