98,615 players on Rust servers right now11,847 servers online3,861 with players on535 fresh wipes in the last three hoursFriends 2026: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes98,615 players on Rust servers right now11,847 servers online3,861 with players on535 fresh wipes in the last three hoursFriends 2026: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes
newest first · every post is a reading of this server
28d ago
The count
Last seen: 0 of 75 players
0/ 75players now0% full
07-day averagepeak –
#16,036ranktop 69%
45d agolast wipeno schedule published
–next wipetoo few wipes seen yet
Now
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Players on Friends 2026
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
No hourly history yet.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
48h
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How the server is running
Server performance
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Daily
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Rank #16,036 today
Rank
daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Next
Coming up · wipe schedule
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
0.6 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
6wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Mon 14 SepSun 13 Sep
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 6 hours in.
Wipes
newest first
45d ago
The current map
Wipe peaks at 4 players
Monday 14 September 2026, 09:05 UTC
Peak
4
Crowd
–
Lasted
running
Players before
0
46d ago
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 7 players
Sunday 13 September 2026, 18:42 UTC
Peak
7
Crowd
–
Lasted
0.6 days
Players before
3
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.
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QWhat should you expect from wipe day on Friends 2026?
Recent wipes on this server averaged a peak of 6 players at their busiest. Peak population on the latest wipe came 6 hours after it.
QOn what timetable does Friends 2026 wipe?
Friends 2026's wipe history is too thin on record to show a rhythm. Every server in Rust, this one among them, wipes at the monthly force wipe; Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next. The world you are playing on was built 45 days 11 hours.
Tags and filters
QWhere does Friends 2026 appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
The Rust Live Stats lists that include Friends 2026 are Modded Rust servers live now. Under the filters Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more it appears on the server list.
QHow should you read the tags on Friends 2026?
These are the tags Friends 2026 makes public: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, in the Rust style; mp75 (Max players): The slot count is 75; ts8 (Group limit): Teams stop at 8, the default the game ships with; v2633 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings changes put this under Modded. Also in the tags: players on now, the queue, and when the world was made. You will find them at the top of this page.
Player numbers
QWhat is the current population on Friends 2026?
Friends 2026 reads offline at the moment; the last sighting was 28 days ago.
QHow does Friends 2026 compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
On player hours for the past seven days, Friends 2026 sits at #16,036, inside the top 69% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
QWhich settings and rules are in force on Friends 2026?
No gather rate appears in the name Friends 2026. No custom limit is set, so groups hold the default 8 players. survival applies here, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Modded is its browser category, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins run here: Oxide. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
QWhich map is in use on Friends 2026?
Friends 2026 runs a game-generated procedural map: size 4,500, seed 50000. RustMaps shows it from this page, since equal size and seed give an equal map.
Server facts
QWhich region is Friends 2026 hosted in?
There is no region from Friends 2026. A server's stated location is what Rust Live Stats shows; the machine's actual position is not looked up. You can reach it at 51.81.179.62:25994.
QWhat version of Rust is running on Friends 2026?
Friends 2026 operates on Linux with Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
QDoes Friends 2026 stay online, and is it up right now?
As of now, Friends 2026 is offline; the last sighting was 28 days ago. It was online for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 13 September 2026.
Connecting
QWhat is the way to connect to Friends 2026?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.81.179.62:25994.
Server tags
what each one means
Published asmp75,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
Game modeStandard survival, in the Rust style.
mp75
Max playersThe slot count is 75.
ts8
Group limitTeams stop at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2633
ProtocolJoin only if your game is on protocol 2633.
cs165217
BuildBuild: 165217.
ptrak
NetworkingRakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one.
$r?
Region codeRegion code: none set.
Mods and access
^o
OxidePlugin framework: Oxide (uMod).
^z
ModdedPlugins or settings changes put this under Modded.
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.