Element card · group PvE · atomic number 6,638, its rank
Friends of Rust
Online NA 192.154.226.214:28080 checked 8m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 30% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 5hThu 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, 30 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:07 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | running | 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.
Similar servers
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What map is in play on Friends of Rust?
The map on Friends of Rust is procedural at size 4,250 with seed 2098159377, made by the game. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What settings and rules apply on Friends of Rust?
The name of Friends of Rust carries no gather rate. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. pve is the game mode, other players cannot be fought. In the server browser it sits under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
About the server
Which location is Friends of Rust based in?
The NA tag is how Friends of Rust lists itself, in North America. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. You will find it at 192.154.226.214:28080.
On what Rust version does Friends of Rust operate?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Friends of Rust uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
Does Friends of Rust stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?
Friends of Rust is live as of now. According to the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days ago. It was online for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.
Does Friends of Rust hold a steady performance?
Server fps averaged 112 over the last 48 hours, with 68 as the lowest. The maximum entity count was 125,080, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use peaked at 5,486 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is caused by low fps and an increasing entity count.
Wipes and resets
When does Friends of Rust wipe, and how often?
The only wipe on Friends of Rust is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, this server wipes again: that is the force wipe that resets all Rust servers. 27 days 17 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
On Friends of Rust, what happens when wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes on average reached 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's peak fell 30 hours after it began.
Where it appears
How should you read the tags on Friends of Rust?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard in the game; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): There is no player combat here, only the world's threats; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings; NA (North America): North America is where the browser lists this server: that is the tag list Friends of Rust publishes, and the game's server browser reads it. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Friends of Rust appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include Friends of Rust are: Modded Rust servers, measured, Best Rust PvE servers, measured live and North American Rust servers: the sample. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Population
Against other Rust servers, where does Friends of Rust place?
Player hours for the past seven days give Friends of Rust #6,638, #1,047 in North America, and a place in the top 30% of ranked servers.
How full is Friends of Rust right now?
Of 50 slots, 0 are taken on Friends of Rust right now. A seven-day sample gives 0 players on average and 4 at the top. The busiest point in the last 48 hours came at 23:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Connection
How can you connect to Friends of Rust?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 192.154.226.214:28080, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.