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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1, reached at 24.17.169.158:28018 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 100 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 11. It ranks #10,279 of all servers, the top 46%, and #1293 in NA. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywords2x gather duo monthly wipes modded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/1000% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 1
Rank2#10,279top 46%; #1293 in NA
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 9hThu 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
0123410:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00
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
05010015020010:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00
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 46% of all ranked servers, the top 69% in NA, and #335 of the duo servers (top 80%). 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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 9h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak3players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 9hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 9hforce wipefw
00.511.52+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 3, 27 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 23:17fw27d ago 3 – running 0

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 Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3750, seed 667224093. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address24.17.169.158:28018
RegionNA
Max players100
Group limitduo
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 23:17 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3750
Seed667224093

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North American Rust servers [2], two-player Rust servers listed [3], find a 2x rust server [4], browse modded Rust servers [5] and servers wiping soon [6].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
US Limitless 2x Monthly Solo/Duo|No BP Wipes|Noob FriendlyNA · duo · 2x · monthly · 57 on average31/200
US RENEGADE 2x Monthly | Solo Duo | 50% Upkeep | No BP WipeNA · duo · 2x · monthly · 25 on average11/150
US Rusty Rats 2x Monthly | Solo/Duo | 50% Upkeep | No BP WipeNA · duo · 2x · monthly · 5 on average3/200
US Velt.gg 2x Monthly Solo/Duo | 50% Upkeep | No BP Wipes | x2NA · duo · 2x · monthly · 2 on average1/200
Darktidia Solo Only | Monthly | 2x | 50% UpkeepNA · duo · 2x · monthly · 2 on average0/300
Dusk till Dawn DUO | 2X | 5% Upkeep | No BP WipeNA · duo · 2x · monthly · 2 on average1/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1How well does Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 run?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 124 server fps, with a low of 110. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 84,859 entities. The peak memory usage was 2,753 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2In which location is Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 based?

North America is where Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 lists itself, using the NA tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 24.17.169.158:28018 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1, and is it online?

Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 is currently online. It last restarted around 4 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 runs, on Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 wipe?

The only wipe for Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe occurs, and that is when every Rust server, including this one, next wipes. The world currently in use was created 27 days 9 hours ago. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What happens on Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 when wipe day arrives?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 3 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 27 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7What is the rank of Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 is #10,279, within the top 46% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,293. The duo group places it at #335.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1?

At this moment 0 players are on Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1, which has 100 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 0 players; the same period peaks at 1.

Tags and filters

A.9What do the tags associated with Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 signify?

Tags from Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1, read by the game's server browser, are gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival on vanilla rules; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts2 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 2; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1: Rust servers with a 2x gather rate, Duo Rust servers, group limit 2, Modded Rust servers and North American server statistics. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 2x.

Settings and map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1?

At 2x gather, Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 states its rate in the server name itself. duo sets the team size at 2 players. 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. Plugins number Oxide on this server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12On which map does Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1 take place?

The game generates Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1's procedural map at size 3,750, from seed 667224093. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

Connection

A.13What is the process for joining Lightning Rust - 2x Solo/Duo | 10/1?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 24.17.169.158:28018. 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://discord.com/invite/XCucg5atdV.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts2,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmvanillaGame mode. Survival on vanilla rules.
mp100Max players. 100 slots are available.
ts2Group limit. A team holds no more than 2.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Mods and access
^oOxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
NANorth America. In the server browser it is filed 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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

-2x Resource Gather rate -Wipes: Every forced wipe (First thursday of the month) -BP Wiped: 6/4 -Discord: https://discord.gg/XCucg5atdV

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. North American Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Two-player Rust servers listed. ruststatistics.org/top-duo-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Find a 2x rust server. ruststatistics.org/top-2x-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.