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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Drops, reached at 185.180.2.13:28298 and hosted in EU. At the last check it held 0 of 30 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 21. It ranks #8,554 of all servers, the top 38%, and #2135 in EU. It last wiped 3d ago.

Keywordsmodded oxide pve

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/300% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 2, 48 h peak 2
Rank2#8,554top 38%; #2135 in EU
Last wipe3d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe seen yet

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
00.511.5200:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00
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
0510152000:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00
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 26 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 38% of all ranked servers, the top 73% 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
15k10k15k20k26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
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. 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 Drops
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 4250, seed 26830. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address185.180.2.13:28298
RegionEU
Max players30
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe26 Oct 2026, 16:36 UTC
Hostname–
First seen26 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4250
Seed26830

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are live europe server counts [2], browse modded Rust servers [3], pve wipes and settings [4] and predicted wipe schedule [5].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[EU] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom WeapoEU · no group limit · biweekly · 242 on average177/2000
TRAVELER PVE [ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ] Wipe 16.10EU · groups of 30+ · biweekly · 49 on average22/100
1[PvE]Тульский|Русский|Classic+ИвентыEU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 33 on average10/200
[PvE] Relic Europe | No Killing | No Raiding | No DecayEU · groups of 30+ · monthly · 31 on average22/200
[GER] Rust Oase |PVE|Quests|XP|Raidable Bases|EventsEU · groups of 15+ · monthly · 28 on average14/140
RustAria#4 [Мирный / PVE / SKINDROPS]EU · groups of 100+ · biweekly · 26 on average5/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Drops run?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 20, with a minimum of 20. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 103,289 entities. Its highest memory usage was 3,628 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is Drops based?

The EU tag places Drops in Europe, as it lists itself. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 185.180.2.13:28298 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of Drops, and is it online?

Drops is currently online. It last restarted around 18 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Its uptime over the last full days (2 days) was 98%, with 47 of 48 hours online. It was first observed on 26 October 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Drops?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Drops runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5When are wipes carried out on Drops?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Drops to reveal its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The current world has been running for 3 days 7 hours.

Population

A.6What is the rank of Drops among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Drops #8,554, in the top 38% of ranked servers and #2,135 in Europe.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Drops?

At this moment 0 players are on Drops, which has 30 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 0 players and reaches 2 at its height. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 15:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.

Tags, lists

A.8What is the meaning of the tags on Drops?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp30 (Max players): It offers 30 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): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): Player fighting is off; danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; EU (Europe): Europe is the region it appears under in the server browser, which Drops publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.9Where can Drops be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

European Rust servers, Modded Rust servers and Rust PvE servers: live list are the Rust Statistics lists that Drops fits. These filters on the server list return 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.10Which settings and rules are in force on Drops?

The name of Drops states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. The mode is pve, which means players cannot fight each other. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins number Oxide on this server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.11What map is in use on Drops?

Size 4,250 and seed 26830 define the procedural, game-generated map on Drops. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

Connection

A.12What is the process for joining Drops?

Enter client.connect 185.180.2.13:28298 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp30Max players. It offers 30 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. This server runs game build 168909.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Gameplay
^pPvE. Player fighting is off; danger comes from the world.
Mods and access
^oOxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
EUEurope. Europe is the region it appears under in the server browser.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Live europe server counts. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Pve wipes and settings. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.