Deer Path Servers
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Abstract
We describe the public Rust server Deer Path Servers, reached at 66.51.99.55:28000 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,335 of all servers, the top 69%, and #1505 in NA. It last wiped 12d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.
Keywordsquad monthly wipes modded oxide softcore
1Summary statistics

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.
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).
4Rank
The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers, the top 81% in NA, and #618 of the quad servers (top 75%). Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.
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).
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Usual gap | 21.8 days | between real wipes |
| Wipe-day peak | 0 | players, last three wipes |
| Crowd held | 0% | else halves by day 5 |
| When (UTC) | In | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 | 7d 4h | force wipefw |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 | 35d 4h | force wipefw |
5.2History
| Wiped (UTC) | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct, 06:3612d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 11:1434d ago | 1 | halved by day 5 | 21.8 d | 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
| Address | 66.51.99.55:28000 |
|---|---|
| Region | NA |
| Max players | 50 |
| Group limit | quad |
| Wipe schedule | monthly |
| Last wipe | 17 Oct 2026, 06:36 UTC |
| Hostname | – |
| First seen | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Map | Procedural Map |
| Size | 4500 |
| Seed | 1673229444 |
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], browse modded Rust servers [3], rust rp servers [4] and next Rust wipe times [5].
| Server | Players |
|---|---|
| [US] Facepunch Softcore 2NA · quad · monthly · 59 on average | 43/300 |
| [US] Facepunch Softcore 1NA · quad · monthly · 46 on average | 25/300 |
| LA VERGA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLNA · quad · monthly · 7 on average | 2/80 |
| LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 6 on average | 4/200 |
| Poon Plowers | Monthly | Softcore | No BP WipeNA · quad · monthly · 2 on average | 1/100 |
| Rusted Imperium | 2x | Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad | ORP | No BP WipeNA · quad · 2x · monthly · 12 on average | 3/100 |
Appendix AQuick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
A.1How well does Deer Path Servers run?
The server fps averaged 5 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 5. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 123,643 entities. Memory use peaked at 4,675 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.
A.2What location does Deer Path Servers have?
In North America, according to its own listing, Deer Path Servers appears with the NA tag. 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 66.51.99.55:28000.
A.3What is the reliability of Deer Path Servers, and is it online?
Deer Path Servers is currently online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 7 days 1 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were served, an availability of 99%. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 25 September 2026.
A.4What version of Rust is run on Deer Path Servers?
Deer Path Servers is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Wipe schedule
A.5What schedule does Deer Path Servers follow for wipes?
Once a month, Deer Path Servers 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. 12 days 8 hours have passed since the current world was generated. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.
A.6What happens on Deer Path Servers when wipe day arrives?
Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 0 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. If not, the population dropped below half by day 5.
Player count
A.7What position does Deer Path Servers occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Deer Path Servers #15,335, in the top 69% of ranked servers and #1,505 in North America. Within the quad group, its position is #618.
A.8What is the population level of Deer Path Servers?
At this moment 0 players are on Deer Path Servers, which has 50 slots in total. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
Tags and filters
A.9How should the tags on Deer Path Servers be interpreted?
Tags from Deer Path Servers, read by the game's server browser, are gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^s (Softcore): This is Facepunch's softcore mode, where death keeps part of your inventory; ^r (Roleplay): This server is for roleplay; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded; NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser. 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 Deer Path Servers be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?
These Rust Statistics lists include Deer Path Servers: Modded Rust servers, Rust roleplay servers, measured and North American server statistics. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Settings and map
A.11Under what rules and settings does Deer Path Servers operate?
Its name carries no gather rate for Deer Path Servers. A maximum of 4 players per group applies, as quad. Listed as softcore, the game mode is Facepunch's easier mode, which preserves some of your loot. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. 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.12What is the map for Deer Path Servers?
The game generates Deer Path Servers's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 1673229444. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
A.13What steps are required to join Deer Path Servers?
Enter client.connect 66.51.99.55:28000 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,^r,NA,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z.
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Game | |
gmsoftcore | Game mode. Softcore rules apply, an easier set. |
mp50 | Max players. The slot count is 50. |
ts4 | Group limit. Teams are capped at 4. |
v2634 | Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect. |
cs167781 | Build. Build 167781 is the one running. |
ptrak | Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game. |
$r? | Region code. The region code is unset. |
| Wipe schedule | |
^m | Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes. |
| Difficulty | |
^s | Softcore. This is Facepunch's softcore mode, where death keeps part of your inventory. |
| Gameplay | |
^r | Roleplay. This server is for roleplay. |
| Mods and access | |
^o | Oxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod). |
^z | Modded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded. |
| Region | |
NA | North America. North America 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]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
- [2]Rust Statistics. North American Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
- [3]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
- [4]Rust Statistics. Rust rp servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-roleplay-servers.
- [5]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.