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Rusted Methods

Online 108.61.100.191:28016 checked 10m ago

Sp1 · players now 0/ 50
0% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTCpeak 1°
Tue 09:00flare: a wipe in that hourThu 06:00
0
7-day average
peak 1
#7,066
rank
top 32%
27d ago
last wipe
no schedule published
7d 10h
next wipe
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
UTC checked 10m ago

Li2Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75109:0018:0003:0011:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server performance

025507510009:0018:0003:0011:0021:0006:00

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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 10h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 10h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 3 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW27d 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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

Bx6Similar servers

the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
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EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 526 on average
287 / 300
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EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average
228 / 250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|
EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 291 on average
21 / 250
Rustoria.co - EU Main
EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 278 on average
23 / 250
Rustafied.com - EU Friday
EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 275 on average
27 / 100
Rustoria.co - EU East Medium
EU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 247 on average
110 / 200

LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe day

What does wipe day look like on Rusted Methods?

The average peak across its recent wipes is 3 players. 3 hours into the latest wipe, player numbers topped out.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusted Methods?

A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all Rusted Methods runs. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world in play now was made 27 days 11 hours ago.

Population

How busy is Rusted Methods?

The current population of Rusted Methods is 0, against 50 slots. Averaged over the past week: 0 players, peaking at 1. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 17:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

How does Rusted Methods rank against other Rust servers?

The top 32% of ranked servers includes Rusted Methods, at #7,066 for player hours over the last seven days.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rusted Methods run?

The map on Rusted Methods is procedural, size 4,500 with seed 782583436, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Rusted Methods?

The name Rusted Methods does not specify a gather rate. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default in the game. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat between players and raiding are both possible. In the server browser it appears under Community, as a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does Rusted Methods run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Rusted Methods runs. Steam updates your game for you, and the protocol has to match for you to join.

Is Rusted Methods online, and how reliable is it?

Right now Rusted Methods shows as online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 19 hours ago. 167 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 99%. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusted Methods located?

No region is published by Rusted Methods. Rust Heatmap shows the location a server states. It does not look up the machine's location. You can reach it at 108.61.100.191:28016.

Does Rusted Methods run smoothly?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 89; it never dropped below 79. The world held as many as 122,821 entities, buildings and deployables included. Memory use reached 3,310 MB at most. Players feel lag when fps falls and the entity count climbs.

Lists and filters

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Rusted Methods?

These Rust Heatmap lists include Rusted Methods: Best Rust community servers. Filtering the list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more brings it up.

What do the server tags on Rusted Methods mean?

gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set are the tags Rusted Methods publishes, and the server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.

Connect

How do I join Rusted Methods?

Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 108.61.100.191:28016. Alternatively, join from this page with Launch Rust: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, standard rules.
mp50
Max players The slot count is 50.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Build 168909.
ptrak
Networking Standard game networking here, which is RakNet.
$r?
Region code A region code is not set.

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.