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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓, reached at 104.143.2.150:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 12 of 150 places, against a seven-day mean of 2 and a peak of 61. It ranks #2,798 of all servers, the top 13%, and #461 in NA. It last wiped 1h ago on a published weekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.
Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now12/1508% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean2peak 6, 48 h peak 4
Rank2#2,798top 13%; #461 in NA
Last wipe1h agoweekly schedule
Next wipe36d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
02040608020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00
Figure 2: 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 25 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 13% of all ranked servers, the top 25% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: from its schedule tag

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 23h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap4.4 daysbetween real wipes
Wipe-day peak6players, last three wipes
Crowd held100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:006d 23hforce wipefw
Thu 12 Nov, 18:0313d 22hits own schedule
Thu 19 Nov, 18:0320d 22hits own schedule
Thu 26 Nov, 18:0327d 22hits own schedule
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0034d 23hforce wipefw
Thu 10 Dec, 18:0341d 22hits own schedule
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 42 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 29 Oct, 18:031h ago – – running 3
Sun 25 Oct, 07:334d ago 6 – – 1

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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓
Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 3500, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address104.143.2.150:28015
RegionNA
Max players150
Group limit8, the default
Wipe scheduleweekly
Last wipe29 Oct 2026, 18:03 UTC
Hostnamegame.thecouch.lol:28015
First seen25 Oct 2026
MapCustom Map
Size3500
Seed1337

7Operator

2 servers publish a thecouch.lol hostname.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, thecouch.lol.
ServerStatusPlayers
private test (do not join)offline0/1

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US Rust server statistics [2], rust tutorial servers [3], player-run rust server list [4], rust servers with no mods [5] and upcoming Rust wipes [6].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |US Main|NA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 250 on average418/250
Rustoria.co - US MainNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 235 on average606/250
Rusty Moose |US Mondays|NA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 208 on average174/250
Rustoria.co - US MondaysNA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 161 on average112/200
Rustafied.com - US FridayNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 155 on average10/100
Rustopia.gg - US Main PremiumNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 145 on average245/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ perform well?

The server fps averaged 60 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 59. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 72,933 entities. Its highest memory usage was 4,227 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ based?

In North America, according to its own listing, The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ appears with the NA tag. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 104.143.2.150:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ is currently online. It last restarted around 4 days 8 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 3 full days, 71 of 72 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 25 October 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ wipe?

Because too few wipes of The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ are recorded to confirm the schedule, the tag governs the prediction. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. 1 hours have passed since the current world was generated. According to its tags, the server wipes on a weekly schedule.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 6 players. The crowd reached its maximum 42 hours after the latest wipe. For 100% of recent wipes, the population did not fall below half the peak before the next wipe.

Player count

A.7What position does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ #2,798, in the top 13% of ranked servers and #461 in North America.

A.8At what level does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ operate in terms of players?

At this moment 12 players are on The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓, which has 150 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 2 players and reaches 6 at its height. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 14:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Tags and filters

A.9Who operates The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

Most likely run by the same operator: The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ and 1 other server we track, both publishing a thecouch.lol hostname.

A.10What is the meaning of the tags on The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp150 (Max players): It offers 150 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America; sc1 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin, which The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ fits are: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, Rust community servers, measured, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Players now: At least 10.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Under what rules and settings does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ operate?

Its name carries no gather rate for The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. The plugin count is Oxide. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13On which map does The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ take place?

Generated by the game from seed 1337, the procedural map on The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓ measures 3,500. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. The map is named Custom Map.

How to join

A.14What steps are required to join The Couch • Wiped 24 mins ago • Active Admins ✓?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.143.2.150:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. You can find its website at https://thecouch.lol.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc1,ts8,^o.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp150Max players. It offers 150 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been set.
Wipe schedule
^wWeekly. Wipes happen every week.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod).
Region
NANorth America. The server browser lists this server under North America.
Other
sc1Custom tag. This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

The Couch is the only weekly vanilla server that requires all players to enable Secure Boot, which stops many cheats from working. If you want fewer cheaters, hop on and bring a friend. • Map wipe every Thursday at 11:00 AM Pacific • Blueprint wipe monthly at force-wipe • Map kept secret until wipe, so nobody knows it in advance • Vanilla Rust, no gameplay modifications • No group limit • No paid perks, no VIP, no kits • All players must have Secure Boot and TPM enabled • Private Steam profiles are allowed, but you may be required to temporarily make it public • Hosted on a dedicated server, US Central (Dallas) • Zero tolerance for racism, antisemitism, harassment, and slurs • Player names hidden from BattleMetrics • Private stats pages, type /stats in game for your code • More info and the Discord link at www.thecouch.lol Photo Credit: Miguel Delvillar (@theconcavelens) rs001L)5dsqskMQ{u0rAi400<nw

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. US Rust server statistics. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Rust tutorial servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Player-run rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Rust servers with no mods. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.