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The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]

Online NA 74.136.196.241:28023 checked 8m ago

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Atomic mass · players now 1/ 100 1% full Room to join
7-day average1peak 4
Rank · atomic number#3,350top 15% · #553 in NA
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Result 01

Players

Method
Every five minutes for the last two hours, from the Steam server list; hourly average and peak over 48 hours; daily average and peak over 90 days. UTC. Dashed lines are its wipes and the force wipes.
Result
AveragePeak
0123406:0015:0000:0010:0019:0004:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Result 02

Server performance

Method
Asked of the server itself, hour by hour and day by day: its frame rate, the entities in its world and the memory it holds.
Result
05010015020006:0015:0000:0010:0019:0004:00

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.

Result 03

Rank

Result

daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 29% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

usual gap15.9 daysbetween real wipes
wipe-day peak6players, last three wipes
crowd held100%of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

  1. 8d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 36d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctTue 15 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 1 hours in.

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Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:05 UTC FW26d ago 8 – running 1
Tue 15 Sep, 19:43 UTC42d ago 5 held half 15.9 days 2

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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Map and rules

What map is in play on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1337; the game generates it. Same size and seed give the same map, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps. The name of the map is: Custom Map.

What settings and rules apply on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

Nothing in the name of The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] gives a gather rate. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. roleplay is the game mode, jobs, towns and rules for roleplay. In the server browser it sits under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.

Server facts

In what location does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] sit?

The NA tag is how The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] lists itself, in North America. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. Connect at 74.136.196.241:28023.

On what Rust version does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] operate?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] uses. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.

Does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?

At the moment, The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] is online. About 5 days 9 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. It was online for 162 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 96% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.

Is The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] known for smooth running?

The last 48 hours show an average of 108 server fps and a minimum of 93. The maximum entity count was 87,855, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 4,444 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Wipes and resets

What is the wiping pattern on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

The only wipe on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] 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. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 11 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

How does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] look on the day of a wipe?

Averaged across its recent wipes, the busiest point drew 6 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 1 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

Lists and tags

How should you read the tags on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival, vanilla style; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the game's default: 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^p (PvE): You fight the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings; NA (North America): In the browser it sits under North America: that is the tag list The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] 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 The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] appear in?

You will find The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Modded Rust servers, measured, Best Rust PvE servers, measured live, Rust roleplay servers, measured and North American Rust servers: the sample. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Population

Against other Rust servers, where does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] place?

Seven-day player hours place The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] at #3,350 overall, #553 in North America and in the top 15% of ranked servers.

How many players does The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] have at the moment?

Of 100 slots, 1 are taken on The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded] right now. A seven-day sample gives 1 players on average and 4 at the top. The busiest point in the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Connection

How can you connect to The Watering Hole RP/PVE [Modded]?

You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 74.136.196.241:28023, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/dwYuaCmyxt.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival, vanilla style.
mp100
Max players It has 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the game's default: 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version.
cs168909
Build It runs build 168909.
ptrak
Networking This runs on RakNet, the standard layer.
$r?
Region code The region field is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes, tied to Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay Roleplay is the focus here.
^p
PvE You fight the world, not other players.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Plugins run through Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings.

Region

NA
North America In the browser it sits under North America.

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.