Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 10m ago
Natural Selection
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 75 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 55% of all ranked servers, top 81% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 6d 22h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 22hThu 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.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at Natural Selection: online as you read this. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 21 hours ago. The last 7 full days put it at 167 of 168 hours up, 99% uptime. On 1 October 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
5 server fps on average over 48 hours, and never under 5. Its entity count reached 204,389: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The memory ceiling was 5,073 MB. Lag, to a player, is these two together: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which Rust version is Natural Selection on?
On Linux, Natural Selection runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Natural Selection located?
Its EU tag places Natural Selection in Europe. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. You will find it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
gmhardcore (Game mode): The mode is hardcore, harsher rules; mp75 (Max players): The cap is 75 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is disabled; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe comes once a month, with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore, Facepunch's mode: harsher survival with fewer helpers; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to join; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category: plugins or settings change how it plays; EU (Europe): Europe is where the browser lists it are the tags Natural Selection publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Natural Selection?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Natural Selection are: EU Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Natural Selection?
Map size is 6,000 on the procedural map Natural Selection runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
The name of Natural Selection does not say what the gather rate is. The group limit goes unpublished here. The hardest mode Facepunch runs: that is the hardcore game mode. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. You need Rust's premium status to join. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
How full is Natural Selection right now?
Out of 75 slots, 0 are taken on Natural Selection at this moment. The seven-day average sits at 0 players; the peak reached 1.
Where does Natural Selection sit in the rankings?
Natural Selection sits at #12,310 for player hours in the past seven days — #2,363 in Europe and inside the top 55% of every ranked server.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
With the force wipe, Natural Selection wipes once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 27 days 22 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
What does wipe day look like on Natural Selection?
2 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. The crowd reached its peak 1 hours after the latest wipe.
Connect
How do I join Natural Selection?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you. You need Rust's premium status to join.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished 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.