PVE Friends
Offline 81.159.186.17:28015 checked 39d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Settings and map
On PVE Friends, which rules and settings apply?
The name of PVE Friends does not state a gather rate. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on PVE Friends?
PVE Friends runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags and filters
Where does PVE Friends appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take PVE Friends: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for PVE Friends?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: PVE Friends gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; older or newer clients cannot join; cs164530 (Build): It runs build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
How often is PVE Friends wiped, and on what schedule?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of PVE Friends's wipes. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. The world it runs now was made 39 days 8 hours.
Population
What position does PVE Friends hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places PVE Friends at #13,268, among the top – of ranked servers.
Is PVE Friends quiet or crowded?
The last check found PVE Friends offline, last seen 39 days 6 hours ago.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is PVE Friends running?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Linux is what you will find on PVE Friends. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is PVE Friends reachable, and does it stay up?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of PVE Friends was 39 days 6 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 19 September 2026.
Where in the world is PVE Friends hosted?
PVE Friends gives no region at all. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 81.159.186.17:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto PVE Friends?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 81.159.186.17:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2633
cs164530
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.