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Exhibit no. 2,373Acc. 2026.2373
The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 18 September 2026
Online NA 66.51.99.23:28015 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.
18 Sep Now 19 Sep16:48 18 Oct14:34 20 Oct01:38 22 Oct19:43 29 Oct19:43 5 Nov19:00 · FW 12 Nov19:43 19 Nov19:43 26 Nov19:43 3 Dec19:00 · FW 10 Dec19:43
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 02:35 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 22 Oct 202619:43 UTC6d ago
- Peak
- 7
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 1
-
Tue 20 Oct 202601:38 UTC9d ago
- Peak
- 3
- Crowd
- held half
- Lasted
- 2.8 days
- Players before
- 0
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Sun 18 Oct 202614:34 UTC10d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 1.5 days
- Players before
- 0
-
Sat 19 Sep 202616:48 UTC39d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 4
- Lasted
- 28.9 days
- 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
from its schedule tag
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 19:43 UTC, in 16h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
- 16hThu 29 Oct, 19:43 UTC
- 7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 14d 16hThu 12 Nov, 19:43 UTC
- 21d 16hThu 19 Nov, 19:43 UTC
- 28d 16hThu 26 Nov, 19:43 UTC
- 35d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- 42d 16hThu 10 Dec, 19:43 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 3 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 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 11% of all ranked servers, top 20% in NA, and #136 of the quad servers (top 16%). 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
What do the server tags on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) mean?
These tags from The Old Man Server (5X Weekly), read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are set on this server; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): Wipes fall every week; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is installed here; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
The Rust Server History lists that feature The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) are: 5x Rust servers, Rust community servers and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 5x.
Server entry
Does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 24 server fps, with 5 the lowest. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 100,976 entities. Memory use peaked at 3,846 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) run?
The recorded build for The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) online, and how reliable is it?
The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) is listed as online now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 3 days 12 hours ago. It was up for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 18 September 2026.
Where is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) located?
The NA tag is how The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) lists itself in North America. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Its entry gives 66.51.99.23:28015 as the address.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
An average peak of 4 players was drawn by its recent wipes. At 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. The fall below half came by day 4 in those wipes where it didn't hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
The prediction follows its tag because the record holds too few of The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)'s wipes to confirm its schedule. On Thursday 29 October at 19:43 UTC its next wipe is due. Made 6 days 7 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. Its tags carry a weekly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) rank against other Rust servers?
The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) takes #378 in North America on seven-day player hours, with #2,373 overall and a place in the top 11% of all ranked servers. Within its group of quad servers, this entry ranks #136.
How busy is The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
Against 50 slots, The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) records 2 players right now. A seven-day average of 2 players is recorded, with a peak of 7. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 19:00 UTC, averaging 6 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
5x gathering is what the name of The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) records. A group may hold 4 players at most (quad). survival is the game mode, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Plugins in use: Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) run?
Seed 548428453, size 4,000: such is the procedural map The Old Man Server (5X Weekly) runs, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since one size and seed always give one map.
How to join
How do I join The Old Man Server (5X Weekly)?
Entering client.connect 66.51.99.23:28015 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.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts4,^o
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
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.