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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Natural Selection, reached at 66.51.97.50:28010 and hosted in EU. At the last check it held 0 of 75 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 11. It ranks #8,391 of all servers, the top 38%, and #2121 in EU. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsteams off monthly wipes modded oxide hardcore premium

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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 now0/750% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 1
Rank2#8,391top 38%; #2121 in EU
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 4hThu 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
0123415:0000:0009:0019:0004:0013:00
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
0246815:0000:0009:0019:0004:0013:00
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 1 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct7 Oct12 Oct18 Oct23 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 4h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak2players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 4hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 4hforce 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 2, 1 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 22:31fw27d ago 2 – 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

No map picture published
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 6000, seed 0.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address66.51.97.50:28010
RegionEU
Max players75
Group limitteams off
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 22:31 UTC
Hostname–
First seen1 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size6000
Seed–

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] and Rust wipe forecast [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 94 on average78/700
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|СИБИРСКИЙ 27.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 85 on average242/700
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 84 on average30/1000
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|МОСКОВСКИЙ 26.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 73 on average110/1000
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЙСКИЙ 28.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 67 on average363/1000
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 29.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 67 on average321/1000

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Natural Selection run?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 204,250 entities. Its highest memory usage was 5,073 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2What is the location of Natural Selection?

Europe is where Natural Selection lists itself, using the EU tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 66.51.97.50:28010 is its address.

A.3How reliable is Natural Selection, and is it currently online?

Natural Selection is online at this time. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 15 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 1 October 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for Natural Selection?

Natural Selection is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does Natural Selection wipe?

Once a month, Natural Selection wipes in line with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The world currently in use was created 27 days 16 hours ago. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on Natural Selection?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 2 players. The crowd reached its maximum 1 hours after the latest wipe.

Player count

A.7What position does Natural Selection occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Natural Selection is #8,391, within the top 38% of all ranked servers; within Europe it is #2,121.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Natural Selection?

At this moment 0 players are on Natural Selection, which has 75 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 0 players; the same period peaks at 1.

Tags, lists

A.9What is the meaning of the tags on Natural Selection?

The game's server browser reads gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp75 (Max players): The slot count is 75; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore ruleset: fewer aids, survival made harsher; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; EU (Europe): In the server browser it is filed under Europe, which Natural Selection publishes as its tags. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Natural Selection be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Natural Selection fits are: European Rust servers and Modded Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Rules, settings, map

A.11Under what rules and settings does Natural Selection operate?

Its name carries no gather rate for Natural Selection. No group limit is published. hardcore is the game mode here; The hardest mode Facepunch offers. Players may raid and fight one another. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins number Oxide on this server. Rust's premium status is required to join. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What map is in use on Natural Selection?

The procedural map Natural Selection runs measures 6,000 and is generated by the game.

How to join

A.13How do you connect to Natural Selection?

Enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 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. Rust's premium status is required to join.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs168909,^q,ts0,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmhardcoreGame mode. Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp75Max players. The slot count is 75.
ts0Group limit. Teams are disabled.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been set.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Difficulty
^hHardcore. Facepunch's hardcore ruleset: fewer aids, survival made harsher.
Mods and access
^qPremium. Rust's premium status is required to join.
^oOxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
EUEurope. In the server browser it is filed under Europe.

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. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.