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Natural Selection

Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 9m ago

Natural Selection is a Rust server in Europe. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 75; over the past week it averaged 0, with a peak of 1. It stands at No. 12,310 of the ranked servers, the top 55%, and No. 2363 in Europe. It last wiped 27d ago, on a monthly schedule, and the next wipe is expected on Thursday 5 November, with the force wipe. Its own tags class it as modded, oxide, hardcore, premium.

§ 1Attendance

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0000:0009:0018:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

§ 2Performance

0246821:0006:0015:0000:0009:0018:00

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

§ 3Standingthe rank, daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k1 Oct7 Oct12 Oct18 Oct23 Oct29 Oct

Top 55% of all ranked servers, top 81% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

§ 4The wipe scheduleforce wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

The rhythm
Wipe-day peak2

players, last three wipes

Coming wipes
Date, UTCHence
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 FW6d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 FW34d 22h

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 2, 1 hours in.

§ 5The record of wipesnewest first

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 22:31 UTC FW27d 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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

§ 6Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes

  1. 1 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.1061/700 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 96 on average
  2. 2 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|СИБИРСКИЙ 27.10161/700 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 91 on average
  3. 3 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.1021/1000 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 84 on average
  4. 4 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|МОСКОВСКИЙ 26.10116/1000 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 76 on average
  5. 5 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЙСКИЙ 28.10226/1000 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 73 on average
  6. 6 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 29.10390/1000 EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 69 on average

§ 7Questions answeredfrom the figures in this entry

The record

The Rust version for Natural Selection: which one?

The server Natural Selection is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, hosted on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Is Natural Selection up, and how steady is its uptime?

Natural Selection currently answers as online. Of note: the reported uptime places the last restart about 20 hours ago. Of note: 167 of 168 hours up in the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. Its earliest entry at Rust Server Stats is dated 1 October 2026.

What is the performance of Natural Selection like?

For the last 48 hours the average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Buildings, deployables and the rest brought the entity count to a high of 204,389. Of note: memory use reached 5,073 MB. Lag, as players meet it, comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

What is the location of Natural Selection?

In Europe, Natural Selection lists itself with the EU tag. Rust Server Stats records the stated location of a server, not the location of the machine. At 66.51.97.50:28010 stands the address.

The rules and map

What map does Natural Selection put players on?

Natural Selection runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 6,000.

What does Natural Selection set down in the way of rules and settings?

No gather rate appears in the name of Natural Selection. No group limit is published. Play is hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugin set is Oxide. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Player record

How full does Natural Selection get?

The record for Natural Selection shows 0 players, against a capacity of 75. The seven-day record: an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Against other Rust servers, how is Natural Selection ranked?

Ranked on seven-day player hours, Natural Selection holds #12,310, with #2,363 in Europe; the top 55% of ranked servers includes it.

Tags, lists

Where does Natural Selection appear among the Rust Server Stats lists and filters?

These are the Rust Server Stats lists that include Natural Selection: EU Rust servers: the records and Modded Rust servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: 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.

How should the tags on Natural Selection be read?

These tags are Natural Selection's, and the game's browser reads them: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, under the hardcore name; mp75 (Max players): 75 is the number of slots; ts0 (Group limit): No teams; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: joining needs the same game version; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer: RakNet; $r? (Region code): Region code absent; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, in step with Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: survival is harsher and helpers are fewer; ^q (Premium): Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; the browser lists it as Modded; EU (Europe): Europe is where the server browser lists it. The tags also carry its current players, its queue and the date its world was made. These appear at the top of this page.

Wipe schedule

What happens on Natural Selection when wipe day arrives?

Averaged over recent wipes, the crowd reached 2 at its busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.

The wipe timetable for Natural Selection: what does it show?

Once a month, with the force wipe, Natural Selection wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe, the force wipe that takes every Rust server. The world now in play was generated 27 days 21 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

Connection

Which steps join Natural Selection?

Join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you, or open the console with F1 and enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status.

§ 8Key to the tagswhat each one means

Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs168909,^q,ts0,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode A harsher ruleset, under the hardcore name.
mp75
Max players 75 is the number of slots.
ts0
Group limit No teams.
v2635
Protocol Protocol 2635: joining needs the same game version.
cs168909
Build Build 168909.
ptrak
Networking Standard network layer: RakNet.
$r?
Region code Region code absent.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes, in step with Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: survival is harsher and helpers are fewer.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status.
^o
Oxide Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings; the browser lists it as Modded.

Region

EU
Europe Europe is where the server browser lists it.

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.