The Milkdrinkers RUST Server

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Milkdrinkers RUST Server, reached at 84.72.97.58:28015 and hosted in EU. At the last check it held 2 of 500 places, against a seven-day mean of 1 and a peak of 4¹. It ranks #3,312 of all servers, the top 15%, and #1242 in EU. It last wiped 26d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

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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.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	2/500	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	1	peak 4, 48 h peak 2
Rank²	#3,312	top 15%; #1242 in EU
Last wipe	26d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	8d 18h	Thu 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

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).

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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 15% of all ranked servers, the top 43% 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

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 8d 18h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	8	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	8d 18h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	36d 18h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 25 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:51fw26d ago	8	–	running	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

Map of The Milkdrinkers RUST Server — Figure 5: The map: Desolate Shores, size 4500, seed 1337.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`84.72.97.58:28015`
Region	EU
Max players	500
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 17:51 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Desolate Shores
Size	4500
Seed	1337

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], community tab servers measured [3], pve wipes and settings [4], unmodded rust server list [5] and next Rust wipe times [6].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
[EU] RustEZ Pure PvE \| Low Decay \| No Killing \| No RaidingEU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 35 on average	21/200
[EU] RustID Pure PvE \| No Decay \| No Killing \| No RaidingEU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 11 on average	5/150
Rust4Noobs \| PvE \| No decay Monthly \| No BP WipeEU · groups of 100+ · monthly · 8 on average	9/100
Wastelands Noob Friendly PvE [EU]EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 8 on average	7/100
[RU][PVE] Big mother family [classic]EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 8 on average	0/40
[EU] PureRust \| PvE \| No Decay \| No Killing \| No RaidingEU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 6 on average	2/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server perform well?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 77 server fps, with a low of 46. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 115,936 entities. The peak memory usage was 4,599 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is The Milkdrinkers RUST Server based?

The EU tag places The Milkdrinkers RUST Server in Europe, as it lists itself. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 84.72.97.58:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of The Milkdrinkers RUST Server, and is it online?

At the present moment, The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is online. It last restarted around 19 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

The version of Rust on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5When are wipes carried out on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

The only wipe for The Milkdrinkers RUST Server 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 26 days 6 hours ago. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What characterises wipe day on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 8 players. The crowd reached its maximum 25 hours after the latest wipe.

Player count

A.7How does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

On player hours over seven days The Milkdrinkers RUST Server is #3,312, within the top 15% of all ranked servers; within Europe it is #1,242.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

At this moment 2 players are on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server, which has 500 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 1 players; the same period peaks at 4. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 00:00 UTC, with an average of 2 players.

Tags and filters

A.9What do the tags associated with The Milkdrinkers RUST Server signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp500 (Max players): The slot count is 500; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^p (PvE): The threat is the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); EU (Europe): The server browser lists this server under Europe, which The Milkdrinkers RUST Server publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can The Milkdrinkers RUST Server be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

European Rust servers, Rust community servers, measured, Rust PvE servers: live list and Vanilla Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that The Milkdrinkers RUST Server fits. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Settings and map

A.11Which settings and rules are in force on The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

Its name carries no gather rate for The Milkdrinkers RUST Server. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as pve, the game mode is players cannot fight each other. Community is its category in the server browser. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own description is vanilla: this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12On which map does The Milkdrinkers RUST Server take place?

The game generates The Milkdrinkers RUST Server's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 1337. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page. The map is named Desolate Shores.

How to join

A.13What steps are required to join The Milkdrinkers RUST Server?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 84.72.97.58:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. You can find its website at https://www.milkdrinkers.com.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
`mp500`	Max players. The slot count is 500.
`ts8`	Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
`v2635`	Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
`^v`	Vanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Gameplay
`^p`	PvE. The threat is the world, not other players.
Mods and access
`^o`	Oxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
Region
`EU`	Europe. The server browser lists this server 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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

Welcome to The Milkdrinkers RUST (PVE) server Infos: • Server address: rust.milkdrinkers.com • Discord: http://discord.milkdrinkers.com • Features: Backpacks, Barrel Stacks, Battlepass, Better Chat, BetterTC, Blueprint Share, Building Actions, Building Sites, Building Workbench, Buyable Tugboats, Chest Stacks, Cooking, Craft Car Chassis, Craft Menu, Custom Magazine, Daily Rewards, Death Notes, Dynamic Monuments, Economics, Fishing Treasure, Furnace Upgrades, Grid Power, Hud, Improved Attack Heli, Jetpack, Kits, Legendary Beasts, Mining Farm, Monument Mutations, MultiTool, My Vehicle, Noclip, NTeleportation, Player Ranks, Pocket Dimensions, Pocket Zipline, Quick Fix, Remover Tool, Rustcord, Rust Rewards, Scrap Heli Storage, Self Wipe, Shoppy Stock, Sign Artist, Simple Stats, Skill Tree, Skinner, Static Lootables, Super Card, Trade, Train Homes, UItem Sort, Vehicle Decay Protection, Vehicle Deployed Locks, Virtual Quarries, Virtual Recycler, Water Bases, Welcome Panel. • Special events: Airfield Event, Arctic Base Event, Armored Train, Caravan, Convoy, Defendable Homes, Dome Event, Ferry Terminal Event, Fishing Hotspots, Gas Station Event, Harbor Event, Junkyard Event, Meteor Event, Military Airfield Event, Missile Silo Event, Power Plant Event, Raidable Bases, Sat Dish Event, Shipwreck, Skill Tree XP Event, Sputnik, Supermarket Event, Train Yard Event, Triangulation, Water Event, Water Treatment Showdown. • Monuments are protected by Better NPCs. • Main language: English.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Live europe server counts. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Community tab servers measured. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Pve wipes and settings. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
[6]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.