The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 2,731Acc. 2026.2731
[EU] Rusty Hedgehogs
Rust server, EU · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online EU 81.230.17.61:28015 checked 14m 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 Oct17:44 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 19:15 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:44 UTC FW28d ago
- Peak
- 7
- 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 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 23hThu 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 7, 45 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 12% of all ranked servers, top 36% 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 and filters
What do the server tags on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs: gmvanilla (Game mode): This server runs vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default caps teams at 8; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, is the plugin framework in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): Its entry in the server browser sits under Europe. 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 [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
These Rust Server History lists include [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs: European Rust servers and Modded Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server record
Does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run smoothly?
40 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, never below 37. As many as 110,604 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 3,646 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs runs, on Windows. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 5 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs located?
In Europe, [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs lists itself with its EU tag. 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 81.230.17.61:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
7 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. 45 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
Once a month [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs 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 28 days 1 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs rank against other Rust servers?
[EU] Rusty Hedgehogs takes #1,040 in Europe on seven-day player hours, with #2,731 overall and a place in the top 12% of all ranked servers.
How busy is [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
4 players are on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs at present, from 100 slots. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 1 players and a peak of 9. An average of 4 players at 18:00 UTC made that the busiest hour of the last 48.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
No gather rate is stated in the name of [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs. No group may exceed 8 players, the default set by the game. survival is the game mode, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The server applies the label vanilla: facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs run?
Generated by the game at size 4,250 with seed 1136106235, the map on [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs is procedural. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since one size and seed always give one map.
Join record
How do I join [EU] Rusty Hedgehogs?
Enter client.connect 81.230.17.61:28015 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://discord.com/invite/akRqeareRd.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp100
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^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.