On air · chart position #14,228
Natural Selection
Online EU 66.51.97.50:28010 checked 12m ago
Players
Natural Selection
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
Top 64% of all ranked servers, top 84% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 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
| 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.
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Quick answers
Host and version
Is Natural Selection online, and how reliable is it?
Natural Selection is up as you read this. About 21 hours ago is when it last restarted, to go by the uptime it reports. 167 of 168 hours is what it managed over the past 7 full days, 99% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 1 October 2026.
Where is Natural Selection located?
With its EU tag, Natural Selection puts itself in Europe. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You'll find it at 66.51.97.50:28010.
Which version of Rust does Natural Selection run?
The build behind Natural Selection is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, hosted on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
Does Natural Selection run smoothly?
It averaged 5 server fps over the last 48 hours, with a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and all the rest of the world came to as many as 204,389 entities. Memory use peaked at 5,073 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Player counts
How busy is Natural Selection?
On Natural Selection, 0 players are in and 75 slots are the ceiling. Over the last week it averaged 0 players; the high point was 1.
How does Natural Selection rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours for the past week, Natural Selection is #14,228: top 64% overall and #2,441 in Europe.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Natural Selection?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Natural Selection?
The force wipe is the only wipe on Natural Selection, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and that is its next wipe. The world in play was made 27 days 22 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of once a month.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on Natural Selection?
The name Natural Selection carries no gather rate. The group limit is not published. You play hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP is on: players fight and raid. Modded in the server browser is where it sits; plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide plugins running. Join only if you hold Rust's premium status. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is active.
Which map does Natural Selection run?
The map on Natural Selection is procedural, size 6,000, made by the game.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include Natural Selection?
The Rust Charts lists that carry Natural Selection are: EU Rust servers and Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters 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.
What do the server tags on Natural Selection mean?
These are the tags Natural Selection makes public, and the server browser reads them: gmhardcore (Game mode): The hardcore ruleset applies, which is harsher; mp75 (Max players): The server holds 75 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is off; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, together with the force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore ruleset, with fewer helpers and a harder world; ^q (Premium): Join only if you hold Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide, also known as uMod; ^z (Modded): Listed as modded because plugins or settings differ from the base game; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Player numbers now, queue size and world creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Getting in
How do I join Natural Selection?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 66.51.97.50:28010. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. Join only if you hold Rust's premium status.