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Exhibit no. 358Acc. 2026.0358

Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid

Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026

Online 205.178.168.68:28016 checked 11m ago

biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve
To visit
Players now 41/ 250
16% full
7-day average48peak 121
Rank#358top 2%
Last wipe13d agoThu 15 Oct, 17:39 UTC · biweekly schedule
Next wipe7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

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.

a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 03:35 UTCAll times UTC.

The record of each wipe

  1. Thu 15 Oct 202617:39 UTC13d ago
    Peak
    186
    Crowd
    –
    Lasted
    running
    Players before
    32
  2. Thu 1 Oct 202617:41 UTC FW27d ago
    Peak
    203
    Crowd
    halved by day 7
    Lasted
    14 days
    Players before
    12
  3. Thu 17 Sep 202617:44 UTC41d ago
    Peak
    151
    Crowd
    halved by day 11
    Lasted
    14 days
    Players before
    10

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 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
100%on rhythmof its recent wipes
180wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
0%crowd heldelse halves by day 9

Coming wipes

  1. 7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 14d 13hThu 12 Nov, 17:39 UTC
  3. 35d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
  4. 42d 13hThu 10 Dec, 17:39 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
050100150200+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 186, 5 hours in.

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.

Folder 1

Players

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

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Folder 2

Server performance

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

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 26 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Folder 3

Rank

RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 2% of all ranked servers. 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 Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

The same operator most likely runs Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid and 2 other servers we track, as all publish a rustempires.com hostname.

What do the server tags on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid mean?

These tags from Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp250 (Max players): Slot count: 250; ts8 (Group limit): The game default caps teams at 8; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $rus1 (Region code): us1 is the server's region code; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks the server wipes; ^r (Roleplay): The server is run for roleplay; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. 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 Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

The Rust Server History lists that feature Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid are: Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust PvE servers, on record and Rust roleplay servers on record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 25+ on average.

The record

Does Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid run smoothly?

Across the last 48 hours it averaged 56 server fps; the low was 3. As many as 368,051 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Memory use peaked at 11,458 MB. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.

Which version of Rust does Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid run?

On Windows, Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.

Is Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid is listed as online now. About 13 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 Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid located?

You will find no region published by Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid, and its region code is us1. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 205.178.168.68:28016.

Wipe record

What does wipe day look like on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 180 players. At 5 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Above half that peak until the next wipe it stayed in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 9 it fell below half in the wipes where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

Wipes on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid follow a every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:39 UTC pattern. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 13 days 10 hours ago. A wipe every two weeks is published in its tags.

Player record

How does Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid at #358, among the top 2% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

Of its 250 slots, Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid currently has 41 filled. The seven-day average stands at 48 players; the peak is 121. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 22:00 UTC, averaging 54 players.

Rules, map

What are the rules and settings on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

No gather rate is stated in the name of Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. Under game mode, the entry reads roleplay, towns and jobs, with rules for roleplay. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.

Which map does Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid run?

Generated by the game at size 4,500 with seed 133856400, the map on Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid is procedural. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.

How to join

How do I join Rust Empires - Roleplay/RP friendly, Cities, PVE, No KOS outsid?

Enter client.connect 205.178.168.68:28016 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. You will find its website at https://rustempires.com/.

The label explained

Server tags

What each tag this server publishes means.

Published as mp250,ptrak,$rus1,v2635,^b,^r,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp250
Max players Slot count: 250.
ts8
Group limit The game default caps teams at 8.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one.
$rus1
Region code us1 is the server's region code.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks the server wipes.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay The server is run for roleplay.
^p
PvE The danger comes from the world, not other players.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Plugins run through Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings.

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.