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POLAR | VIP Map Preview

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server POLAR | VIP Map Preview, reached at 168.100.161.191:28025 and hosted in EU. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,290 of all servers, the top 69%, and #2532 in EU. It makes a new world every few hours (7 this week), so it keeps no wipe schedule.

Keywordsbiweekly wipes vanilla modded oxide

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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 now0/250% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,290top 69%; #2532 in EU
Wipesresets7 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe3–resets, no wipes

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
0123401:0008:0016:0000:0008:0015:00
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
02040608001:0008:0016:0000:0008:0015:00
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 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers, the top 87% in EU. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep3 Oct13 Oct19 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5World resets

Table 2: World resets, newest first; a new world every few hours, none of which counts as a wipe.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Wed 28 Oct, 10:041d ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 08:011d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 00:022d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 18:023d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 16:023d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 14:043d ago – – – 0
Mon 26 Oct, 12:043d ago – – – 0
Tue 13 Oct, 21:0216d ago 0 – 12.6 d 0
Tue 13 Oct, 11:0216d ago 0 – 0.4 d 0
Mon 12 Oct, 15:0217d ago – – – 0

6Map and settings

Map of POLAR | VIP Map Preview
Figure 4: The map: Wiped 30 Hours ago, size 3500, seed 1337.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address168.100.161.191:28025
RegionEU
Max players25
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulebiweekly
Last wiperesets constantly
Hostnameeu.quad.polarrust.com:28055
First seen14 Sep 2026
MapWiped 30 Hours ago
Size3500
Seed1337
Custom mapdownload

7Operator

6 servers publish a polarrust.com hostname.

Table 4: Other servers of the same operator, polarrust.com.

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are eu rust server list [2], browse modded Rust servers [3] and servers wiping soon [4].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
РУССКИЙ ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ | WIPE 29.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 115 on average142/300
Pickle Rust EU MonthlyEU · no group limit · 50 on average55/100
EU Hub 01EU · groups of 1000+ · 23 on average2/3300
404 RUST /ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ /МОСКОВСКИЙ 19.10EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 3 on average2/300
404 RUST /ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ /МОСКОВСКИЙ 19.10EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 2 on average3/300
DweZod Land x1EU · groups of 8+ · 1x · monthly · 1 on average0/40

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Is the performance of POLAR | VIP Map Preview smooth?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 60. Its entity count reached a maximum of 65,066, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. The peak memory usage was 1,770 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What is the location of POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

The EU tag places POLAR | VIP Map Preview in Europe, as it lists itself. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 168.100.161.191:28025.

A.3How reliable is POLAR | VIP Map Preview, and is it currently online?

Right now, POLAR | VIP Map Preview is offline, and the last time it was seen was 9 hours ago. It last restarted around 58 minutes ago, according to its reported uptime. The server was up 35% of the time over the last 7 full days, 59 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 14 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

POLAR | VIP Map Preview is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does POLAR | VIP Map Preview wipe?

A new world is created every few hours by POLAR | VIP Map Preview. Since none of these resets qualifies as a wipe, no wipe schedule exists.

Player count

A.6What is the rank of POLAR | VIP Map Preview among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days POLAR | VIP Map Preview is #15,290, within the top 69% of all ranked servers; within Europe it is #2,532.

A.7What is the population level of POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

POLAR | VIP Map Preview is not online now; 9 hours have passed since it was last seen. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.

Tags and filters

A.8By whom is POLAR | VIP Map Preview operated?

A polarrust.com hostname is published by POLAR | VIP Map Preview; 5 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.9What do the tags associated with POLAR | VIP Map Preview signify?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp25 (Max players): It offers 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; 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): The region code is unset; ^b (Biweekly): Wipes take place once a fortnight; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; EU (Europe): In the server browser it is filed under Europe; rustmaps (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin: these are the tags POLAR | VIP Map Preview publishes, and the server browser reads them. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.10Where can POLAR | VIP Map Preview be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

European Rust servers and Modded Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that POLAR | VIP Map Preview fits. These filters on the server list return it: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Settings and map

A.11Which settings and rules are in force on POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

No gather rate appears in the name of POLAR | VIP Map Preview. 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 appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own description is vanilla: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12On which map does POLAR | VIP Map Preview take place?

At 3,500, the map on POLAR | VIP Map Preview is custom; the file is published, so this page offers it for download.

How to join

A.13How do you connect to POLAR | VIP Map Preview?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 168.100.161.191:28025. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. Its website can be found at https://polarrust.com/store.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp25Max players. It offers 25 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
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. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^bBiweekly. Wipes take place once a fortnight.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
EUEurope. In the server browser it is filed under Europe.
Other
rustmapsCustom tag. A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or 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

GET WHITELISTED @ STORE.POLARRUST.COM Private preview server for our VIP+ members to use to test out the maps that are currently being voted on. It operates on a 2 hour rotating cycle to allow multiple map votes to be shown, schedule in discord.gg/polarrust.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Eu rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.