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Citadel of Pops

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Citadel of Pops, reached at 69.164.253.186:25603. At the last check it held 0 of 10 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,341 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 26d ago.

Keywordsmodded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/100% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,341top 69%
Last wipe26d 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.

AveragePeak
0123417:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00
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
02040608017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00
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 69% 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 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: 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
Wipe-day peak1players, last three wipes
01234+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 1, 13 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Sat 3 Oct, 10:4126d ago 1 – 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 Citadel of Pops
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3500, seed 172852236. Open on RustMaps.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address69.164.253.186:25603
Region–
Max players10
Group limit6 max
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe3 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3500
Seed172852236

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 predicted wipe schedule [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
RETRO RUST #3 Х5|MAX 5|LOOT+|CRAFT GLOBAL 29.10EU · groups of 5 · weekly · 76 on average221/250
SHELBY RUST Х5 MAX5 | LOOT+ | SHOP | FPS+ | WIPE 27.10EU · groups of 5 · 60 on average81/160
红果十倍/10.26号新开/爆枪/新人入门EA · groups of 6 · weekly · 9 on average4/200
Rustico 3groups of 5 · 9 on average2/100
РУССКИЙ ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ | MAX5 | 50%Upkeep 23.10EU · groups of 5 · weekly · 1 on average0/200
Bustabar NA PvP - No Wipe - Raid ProtectionNA · groups of 5 · 1 on average0/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does Citadel of Pops perform well?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 58, with a minimum of 28. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 75,576 entities. The peak memory usage was 2,581 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What is the location of Citadel of Pops?

A region is not published by Citadel of Pops. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 69.164.253.186:25603 is its address.

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

Citadel of Pops is online at this time. It last restarted around 3 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. 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 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Citadel of Pops?

Citadel of Pops is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 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 Citadel of Pops follow for wipes?

Too few wipes by Citadel of Pops have been recorded to determine the pattern. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The world currently in use was created 26 days 5 hours ago.

A.6What happens on Citadel of Pops when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 13 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Citadel of Pops among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Citadel of Pops at #15,341, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

A.8What is the population level of Citadel of Pops?

On Citadel of Pops, 0 of the 10 slots are occupied at present. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.

Tags and filters

A.9What do the tags associated with Citadel of Pops signify?

Tags from Citadel of Pops, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp10 (Max players): The slot count is 10; ts6 (Group limit): 6 is the maximum team size; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Citadel of Pops be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

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

Settings and map

A.11Under what rules and settings does Citadel of Pops operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Citadel of Pops. The team limit is 6 players. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12What map is in use on Citadel of Pops?

The game generates Citadel of Pops's procedural map at size 3,500, from seed 172852236. 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 is the process for joining Citadel of Pops?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts6,^o^z.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp10Max players. The slot count is 10.
ts6Group limit. 6 is the maximum team size.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
^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. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.