Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 13m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 39% of all ranked servers, top 74% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 3hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does Natural Selection run?
The name of Natural Selection does not state a gather rate. The server does not publish a group limit. The server runs hardcore, Facepunch's toughest setting. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Oxide. Rust premium status is required to join. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on Natural Selection?
A procedural map of size 6,000 is generated by the game on Natural Selection.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Natural Selection?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Natural Selection are Rust servers filed under Europe and Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: 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 you read the tags listed for Natural Selection?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Natural Selection gives gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher; mp75 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 75; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Expect harsher survival and fewer helpers: this is Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^q (Premium): Rust premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; EU (Europe): The browser files it under Europe. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipes and resets
How does a wipe day run on Natural Selection?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. 1 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Natural Selection wipe?
With the force wipe, Natural Selection wipes once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its present world dates from 27 days 17 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Player counts
How is Natural Selection ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #8,724 for Natural Selection on seven-day player hours, #2,150 in Europe, top 39% overall.
Is Natural Selection quiet or crowded?
Filed under live counts: Natural Selection, 0 players on 75 slots at present. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is Natural Selection running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Natural Selection runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Natural Selection reachable, and does it stay up?
Right now Natural Selection is up and running. About 16 hours ago, by its own uptime figure, is when it last restarted. Of the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were up, 99% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 1 October 2026.
What is performance like on Natural Selection?
The last 48 hours give an average of 5 server fps and a floor of 5. The entity count reached 204,250, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 5,073 MB of memory was in use. Lag, to players, is low fps and an entity count that climbs.
Which region is Natural Selection in?
The EU tag places Natural Selection, by its own listing, in Europe. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Natural Selection?
Enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Rust premium status is required to join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs168909,^q,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmhardcore
mp75
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^h
Mods and access
^q
^o
^z
Region
EU
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.