Natural Selection
EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 11m 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 34% of all ranked servers, top 70% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 FW12d 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.
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Quick answers
Rules and settings
What is the setup on Natural Selection when it comes to rules and settings?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Natural Selection. A group limit is not published for it. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Other players can be fought and raided. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Oxide plugins are running on it. Access is limited to those with premium status. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Which map is active on Natural Selection?
A procedural map, size 6,000, generated by the game, is what Natural Selection runs.
Player count
How many players are on Natural Selection?
Natural Selection has 1 of its 75 slots filled right now. Averaging 0 players over seven days, it peaked at 2. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 22:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
What position does Natural Selection hold in the server rankings?
With a global rank of #7,521 for player hours over the last week, Natural Selection is #1,997 in Europe and in the top 34% of ranked servers.
Tags and filters
What is the meaning of the tags on Natural Selection?
What the game's server browser gets from Natural Selection is this tag list: gmhardcore (Game mode): This is hardcore, a tougher ruleset; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts0 (Group limit): The team system is turned off; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The server wipes monthly, in line with Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode from Facepunch: fewer helps and a harsher world; ^q (Premium): Access is limited to those with premium status; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game; EU (Europe): The server browser puts it in Europe. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Where does Natural Selection appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include Natural Selection are EU Rust servers for clans and Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. These filters bring it up 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
About the server
What is the uptime and reliability of Natural Selection?
You can join Natural Selection now: it is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 2 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, which is 100%. The first time Rust Zerg Life saw it was on 1 October 2026.
Is Natural Selection smooth to play on?
Server fps held an average of 59 for the last 48 hours, with a minimum of 40. It reached a maximum of 203,611 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 5,142 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
Which Rust build does Natural Selection use?
On Linux, Natural Selection runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What location does Natural Selection use?
With its EU tag, Natural Selection lists itself in Europe. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. You can reach it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Wipe cycle
What can you expect on wipe day on Natural Selection?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Natural Selection wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe for Natural Selection, coming once a month. When every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, that is its next wipe. The world in play right now was made 12 days 23 hours ago. Its tags publish a wipe schedule of once a month.
Join the server
What is the process to join Natural Selection?
Enter client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 in the F1 console. Another way: use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Access is limited to those with premium status.
Server tags
Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs167398,^q,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmhardcore
mp75
ts0
v2634
cs167398
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.