Element card · group PvE · atomic number 8,551, its rank
Drops
Online EU 185.180.2.13:28298 checked 10m ago
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 26 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 38% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageSettings and map
What map is in play on Drops?
Drops runs a procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 26830; the game generates it. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since matching size and seed produce the same map.
What rules has Drops set, and what settings are in force?
No gather rate appears in the name of Drops. Eight players per group is the limit, the game's default. pve is the game mode, other players cannot be fought. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Server facts
What region hosts Drops?
The EU tag is how Drops lists itself, in Europe. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. You will find it at 185.180.2.13:28298.
On what Rust version does Drops operate?
On Linux, Drops is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.
Does Drops stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?
Right now, Drops is reachable. According to the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 20 hours ago. For the last 3 full days, 71 of 72 hours were online, giving 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 26 October 2026.
Is Drops known for smooth running?
Server fps averaged 20 over the last 48 hours, with 20 as the lowest. The entity count reached 103,289, including buildings, deployables and all other world items. Up to 3,569 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Wipes and resets
How often does a wipe happen on Drops, and at what time?
The record holds too few of Drops's wipes to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe resets every Rust server; it next occurs on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Counting back, the current world began 3 days 9 hours ago.
Tags, lists
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Drops?
The game's server browser reads the tags Drops publishes, which are gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): You fight the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) powers the plugins; ^z (Modded): Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded; EU (Europe): Europe is where the browser lists this server. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.
Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does Drops come up?
You will find Drops on the following Rust Data Lab lists: EU Rust servers, measured, Modded Rust servers, measured and Best Rust PvE servers, measured live. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Player counts
How does Drops compare with other servers in the rankings?
Drops is #8,551 on seven-day player hours, #2,133 in Europe, and in the top 38% of all ranked servers.
How full is Drops right now?
Drops currently shows 0 players across 30 slots. The week's figures average 0 players and top out at 2. Peak time in the past 48 hours: 15:00 UTC, when the average was 1 players.
How to join
How can you connect to Drops?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 185.180.2.13:28298. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job through Steam.