The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,353Acc. 2026.15353
Blind Squirrel Backlot
Rust server · in the archive since 1 October 2026
Online 66.51.99.73:28040 checked 13m 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 19 Oct11:34 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 02:20 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Mon 19 Oct 202611:34 UTC9d ago
- Peak
- 0
- 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 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 16hThu 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 0, 0 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. 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 Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
You can see the tags Blind Squirrel Backlot publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): The game default caps teams at 8; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634; matching it is required to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch. 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 Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The Rust Server History lists that feature Blind Squirrel Backlot are: Rust community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server record
Does Blind Squirrel Backlot run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 5 server fps; the low was 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 102,716 entities. Memory use peaked at 4,202 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
On Linux, Blind Squirrel Backlot runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment Blind Squirrel Backlot is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 6 days 12 hours ago. It was up for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. First seen by Rust Server History on 1 October 2026.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
You will find no region published by Blind Squirrel Backlot. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You will find it at 66.51.99.73:28040.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
0 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Once a month Blind Squirrel Backlot 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. Made 9 days 14 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Blind Squirrel Backlot at #15,353, among the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Against 50 slots, Blind Squirrel Backlot records 0 players right now. The seven-day average for this entry is 0 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Blind Squirrel Backlot. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. Under game mode, the entry reads survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The Community section of the server browser carries it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
Seed 913836496, size 4,250: such is the procedural map Blind Squirrel Backlot runs, generated by the game. 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 Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Entering client.connect 66.51.99.73:28040 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?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.