Players now
Live- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 0
- Peak, 7 days
- –
0% full
Rank
top 69%
7-day average
peak –
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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct, 11:34 UTC9d ago | 0 | – | 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- 1 363/ 525
- 2 267/ 350
- 3 129/ 350
- 4 191/ 400
- 5 118/ 200
- 6 138/ 225
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
Blind Squirrel Backlot is up and taking players now. The uptime it reports puts its last restart about 6 days 3 hours ago. It was online 100% of the last 7 full days, which is 168 of 168 hours. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 1 October 2026.
Which version of Rust does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is running on Blind Squirrel Backlot, which sits on Linux. You need the same protocol as the server to join. Steam updates your game for you.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
There is no region on Blind Squirrel Backlot. Rust Dashboard takes the location a server gives; the machine's real position is not checked. You'll connect at 66.51.99.73:28040.
Does Blind Squirrel Backlot run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours the average was 5 fps, with a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else added up to a peak of 102,716 entities. It drew as much as 4,146 MB of memory at peak. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Blind Squirrel Backlot?
These Rust Dashboard lists include Blind Squirrel Backlot: Best Rust community servers. You'll find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Blind Squirrel Backlot: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game mode; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game's own limit of 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs to be on the same version, protocol 2634, to get in; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the day, and this server wipes once a month. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.
Live players
How busy is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot has 0 of its 50 slots filled at the moment. The mean over seven days is 0 players.
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Blind Squirrel Backlot at #15,348, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Reset times
What does wipe day look like on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The only wipe on Blind Squirrel Backlot is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, as it is for every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 9 days 9 hours ago. The tags carry a wipe schedule of once a month.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
No gather rate appears in the name of Blind Squirrel Backlot. Groups hold up to 8 players, the default for the game. survival is what it plays, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are both allowed. You will find it under Community in the server browser. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
Blind Squirrel Backlot runs a procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 913836496, made by the game. This page links to RustMaps, where the map looks the same for its size and seed.
Join
How do I join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Type client.connect 66.51.99.73:28040 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you.
