Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 10m ago
Players
average and peak, with its wipes markedEvery five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
fps, entities and memory, from asking the server directly48 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers, top 87% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
| In | When, UTC | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 6d 16h | Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC | FW force wipe |
| 34d 16h | Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC | FW force wipe |
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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:31 UTC FW28d 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| Server | Profile | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 97 on average | 4 / 700 |
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|СИБИРСКИЙ 27.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 94 on average | 15 / 700 |
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 85 on average | 4 / 1000 |
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|МОСКОВСКИЙ 26.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 80 on average | 14 / 1000 |
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЙСКИЙ 28.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 77 on average | 26 / 1000 |
| 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 29.10 | EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 73 on average | 54 / 1000 |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe cycle
When does Natural Selection wipe?
Once a month Natural Selection wipes, with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that reaches every Rust server. The current world dates from 28 days 3 hours. The tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Wipe day on Natural Selection: what should you expect?
Recent wipes averaged a busiest count of 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
Server details
Which location hosts Natural Selection?
In Europe, according to its EU tag, sits Natural Selection. A server's stated location is what Rust Server Analytics shows; where the machine stands is not looked up. 66.51.97.50:28010 is its address.
Which Rust version is Natural Selection on?
The platform is Linux, with Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 running on Natural Selection. The protocol has to match before you can join; Steam updates it automatically.
What uptime does Natural Selection show, and is it up?
As of the latest refresh, Natural Selection is online. Its reported uptime indicates a restart roughly 27 hours ago. Uptime over the last full days (7) was 99%, or 167 of 168 hours. The first sighting of it by Rust Server Analytics was on 1 October 2026.
Does Natural Selection perform well?
Over 48 hours the average held at 5 server fps, and the minimum was 5. Entity count reached 204,389, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At its highest, memory use was 5,073 MB. Players experience lag as low fps combined with a rising entity count.
Tags
What do Natural Selection's tags stand for?
gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore ruleset, the harsher one; mp75 (Max players): 75 slots in total; ts0 (Group limit): No teams here; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs your game on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly cycle, with Facepunch's force wipe as the reset; ^h (Hardcore): The hardcore mode: scarcer help, sterner survival; ^q (Premium): Only premium-status players can connect; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The Modded section, because plugins or settings modify play; EU (Europe): The server browser files it under Europe are the tags Natural Selection publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you can see the player count, queue and world age, all of which the tags also hold.
Where does Natural Selection appear across Rust Server Analytics's lists and filters?
Among the Rust Server Analytics lists Natural Selection fits are: EU Rust servers: live population data and Modded Rust servers: live data. On the server list, the filters that return it are: 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.
Player numbers
Against other Rust servers, how does Natural Selection compare?
Ranked on seven-day player hours, Natural Selection is #15,269 overall and #2,529 in Europe, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
What is the population of Natural Selection?
Of 75 slots, 0 are filled on Natural Selection at this refresh. The seven-day mean for this server is 0 players.
Settings
What are the settings on Natural Selection, and its rules?
No gather rate is given in the name of Natural Selection. Group limits are not published. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. Player-versus-player combat and raiding are both enabled. The Modded category lists it; plugins or settings change the game. Plugins from Oxide are in use. Only premium-status players can connect. The server runs with VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, enabled.
The map on Natural Selection: which one is it?
A procedural map of size 6,000, generated by the game, runs on Natural Selection.
How to join
How can a player join Natural Selection?
Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010. Only premium-status players can connect.