The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,276Acc. 2026.15276
Natural Selection
Rust server, EU · in the archive since 1 October 2026
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 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.
1 Oct Now 1 Oct22:31 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 22:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202622:31 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 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 2, 1 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 87% in EU. 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, lists
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
You can see the tags Natural Selection publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): This server runs hardcore, the harsher ruleset; mp75 (Max players): 75 slots are set on this server; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is off here; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and a harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is installed here; ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 Natural Selection?
The Rust Server History lists that feature Natural Selection are: European Rust servers and Modded Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
The record
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
5 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, never below 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 204,389 entities. Up to 5,073 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 Natural Selection run?
On Linux, Natural Selection runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows Natural Selection online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 23 hours ago. 167 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time, over the last 7 full days. 1 October 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is Natural Selection located?
The EU tag is how Natural Selection lists itself in Europe. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Its entry gives 66.51.97.50:28010 as the address.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on Natural Selection?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 2 players. At 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
The force wipe is the only wipe on Natural Selection, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 23 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does Natural Selection rank against other Rust servers?
Natural Selection takes #2,529 in Europe on seven-day player hours, with #15,276 overall and a place in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Natural Selection?
Against 75 slots, Natural Selection records 0 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Natural Selection. No figure for group size is published. Recorded as hardcore, with this note: The hardest mode Facepunch offers. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins in use: Oxide. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does Natural Selection run?
A procedural map of size 6,000 is what Natural Selection runs, generated by the game.
How to join
How do I join Natural Selection?
Entering client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 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. Joining requires Rust's premium status.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs168909,^q,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmhardcore
mp75
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^h
Mods and access
^q
^o
^z
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.