Players
Blind Squirrel Backlot
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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Host and version
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot online, and how reliable is it?
Blind Squirrel Backlot is down at the moment, having last been seen 27 days 15 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours is what it managed over the past 7 full days, 0% of the time. The first record Rust Charts holds of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is Blind Squirrel Backlot located?
There's no region listed for Blind Squirrel Backlot. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. Connect at 156.236.84.27:28040.
Which version of Rust does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is the version Blind Squirrel Backlot runs. Your game must match the protocol to get in, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Population
How busy is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot shows as offline now, with its last appearance 27 days 15 hours ago.
How does Blind Squirrel Backlot rank against other Rust servers?
In the seven-day player hours table, Blind Squirrel Backlot is #16,408, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
An estimate from the force wipe gives Blind Squirrel Backlot's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe lands, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world in play was made 50 days 14 hours. The tags state a monthly wipe schedule.
Settings and map
What are the rules and settings on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
No gather rate appears in the name Blind Squirrel Backlot. 8 players is the group limit, the default for the game. survival is the game mode, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. In the server browser it is under Community, being a community server. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is active.
Which map does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
A procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 913836496, generated by the game, is what Blind Squirrel Backlot runs. Since the same size and seed give the same map, this page links to it on RustMaps.
Tag guide
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include Blind Squirrel Backlot?
These Rust Charts lists include Blind Squirrel Backlot: Rust community servers, unmodded. It appears 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.
What do the server tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): The server speaks protocol 2633, so your game needs the same version; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed with the Facepunch force wipe — that's the set of tags Blind Squirrel Backlot publishes for the server browser. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
Getting in
How do I join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Enter client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040 in the console, which F1 opens once Rust is running. Launch Rust and join on this page is the other way: Rust opens through Steam and connects you.
