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Hunter's Cove

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Offline · checked 17d ago · 205.250.68.60:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Hunter's Cove, reached at 205.250.68.60:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #13,654 of all servers, the top 62%. It last wiped 25d ago.

Keywordsmodded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/1100% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#13,654top 62%
Last wipe25d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–too few wipes 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.

No hourly history yet.
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
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 62% of all ranked servers. 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 Sep8 Oct10 Oct13 Oct15 Oct18 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: too few wipes seen yet

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

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap0.4 daysbetween real wipes
No hourly players around its wipes yet.
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Sat 3 Oct, 06:3225d ago – – running 1
Fri 2 Oct, 21:1525d ago – – 0.4 d 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

Custom map, no picture published
Figure 5: The map: BanditBadlands_V2.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address205.250.68.60:28015
Region–
Max players1
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe2 Oct 2026, 21:15 UTC
Hostname–
First seen14 Sep 2026
MapBanditBadlands_V2
Size–
Seed–

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are modded Rust population table [2] and next Rust wipe times [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 156 on average127/500
МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 24.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 128 on average124/100
RETRO RUST #1 Х1000|NOLIMIT|LOOT++|KIT WIPE 27.10EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 115 on average124/225
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 88 on average52/700
RustSpain.com | EU MainEU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 87 on average6/200
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 83 on average24/1000

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1In which location is Hunter's Cove based?

A region is not published by Hunter's Cove. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 205.250.68.60:28015.

A.2How reliable is Hunter's Cove, and is it currently online?

Right now, Hunter's Cove is offline, and the last time it was seen was 17 days 4 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 14 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on Hunter's Cove?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version that Hunter's Cove runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.4When are wipes carried out on Hunter's Cove?

Too few wipes by Hunter's Cove have been recorded to determine the pattern. Wiping is compulsory for every Rust server at the monthly force wipe, the next of which is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The current world has been running for 25 days 10 hours.

Player count

A.5How does Hunter's Cove compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Hunter's Cove holds #13,654, in the top 62% of all ranked servers.

A.6How would you characterise the player activity on Hunter's Cove?

The last recorded sighting of Hunter's Cove was 17 days 4 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags and filters

A.7What is the meaning of the tags on Hunter's Cove?

Tags from Hunter's Cove, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.8Where can Hunter's Cove be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Hunter's Cove fits are: Modded Rust servers. These filters on the server list return it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.9Under what rules and settings does Hunter's Cove operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Hunter's Cove. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

Connection

A.10How do you connect to Hunter's Cove?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 205.250.68.60:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8,^o^z.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp1Max players. 1 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2634Protocol. The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join.
cs167398Build. The game build is 167398.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been set.
Mods and access
^oOxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.

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. Modded Rust population table. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.