The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 1,413Acc. 2026.1413
RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 64.40.8.61:28029 checked 12m 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 1 Oct17:49 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 27 Oct 2026, 22:45 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:49 UTC FW26d ago
- Peak
- 38
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 2
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
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 38, 7 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.
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 6% of all ranked servers, top 11% in NA. 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.
Lists and tags
Who runs RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US 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 | Main | Monthly | US mean?
You can see the tags RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp150 (Max players): The server holds 150 slots; ts100 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 100; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, no kits, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, is the plugin framework in use; NA (North America): Its entry in the server browser sits under North America. 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 | Main | Monthly | US?
The Rust Server History lists that feature RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US are: Rust servers for new players, Rust community servers, North America Rust servers and The vanilla Rust servers on record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server record
Does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 78 server fps, with 68 the lowest. As many as 126,153 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Up to 4,213 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US run?
The recorded build for RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US online right now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 9 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US located?
The NA tag is how RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US lists itself in North America. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You will find it at 64.40.8.61:28029.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 38 players. 7 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
Once a month RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US wipes, with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 5 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US at #1,413, in the top 6% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #207.
How busy is RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
Of its 150 slots, RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US currently has 3 filled. A seven-day average of 5 players is recorded, with a peak of 18. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 03:00 UTC, averaging 8 players.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
No gather rate is stated in the name of RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US. You may play in groups of up to 100 players. Recorded as survival, with this note: gathering, building and raiding: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. The Community section of the server browser carries it. The plugin count is Oxide. The name vanilla is used here: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, no kits, no extra rules. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US run?
Generated by the game at size 3,750 with seed 14057, the map on RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US is procedural. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page. Its map carries the name: RustForNoobs Generated Maps.
How to join
How do I join RustForNoobs.com | Main | Monthly | US?
Entering client.connect 64.40.8.61:28029 in the console (F1) connects you to this server. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same: it opens the game via Steam and connects on your behalf. https://rustfornoobs.com is its website.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts100,^o
Game
gmrust
mp150
ts100
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^o
Region
NA
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.