Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 11m ago
Players now
Live- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 0
- Peak, 7 days
- 1
0% full
Rank
top 46% · #2253 in EU
7-day average
peak 1
Last wipe
monthly schedule
Next wipe
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
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 46% of all ranked servers, top 77% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 0hThu 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.
Wipes
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- 1 83/ 700
- 2 227/ 700
- 3 32/ 1000
- 4 144/ 1000
- 5 291/ 1000
- 6 455/ 1000
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer details
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
Natural Selection is up and taking players now. About 18 hours ago it restarted, judging by the uptime figure it gives. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online: 99%. The first time Rust Dashboard recorded it was 1 October 2026.
Which version of Rust does Natural Selection run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is running on Natural Selection, which sits on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is Natural Selection located?
The EU tag is how Natural Selection places itself in Europe. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. Connect to it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
Server fps averaged 5 over the last 48 hours and never dropped below 5. The world held as many as 204,250 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. It drew as much as 5,073 MB of memory at peak. When fps is low and entities keep piling up, players notice it as lag.
Lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Natural Selection?
These Rust Dashboard lists include Natural Selection: Europe's Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live now. It appears under these filters when you browse 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.
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Natural Selection: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore, is in force; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts0 (Group limit): There are no teams here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your build has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): This one runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^m (Monthly): Expect one wipe a month: it lands with the Facepunch force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): This is Facepunch's hardcore mode, with fewer helpers and survival that bites harder; ^q (Premium): Joining takes Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): This server runs Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Live players
How busy is Natural Selection?
0 players are playing on Natural Selection right now, out of 75 slots. Averaged across the last seven days: 0 players, peaking at 1.
How does Natural Selection rank against other Rust servers?
Natural Selection holds #10,181 for player hours across seven days, #2,253 in Europe, in the top 46% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What does wipe day look like on Natural Selection?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 1 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
Wipes come once a month on Natural Selection, in step with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, shared with every Rust server. The world now in play was generated 27 days 19 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is set out in its tags.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
The name of Natural Selection gives no gather rate. A group limit is not listed. hardcore is the mode here, Facepunch's hardest mode. Raids and player fights are part of the game here. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. Joining takes Rust's premium status. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does Natural Selection run?
A procedural map of size 6,000 is what Natural Selection runs, generated by the game.
Join
How do I join Natural Selection?
Type client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you. Joining takes Rust's premium status.