PVE Friends
Offline 81.159.186.17:28015 checked 24d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
How should you read the tags on PVE Friends?
The server browser reads these tags that PVE Friends publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp100 (Max players): 100 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): It runs on build 164530; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Where does PVE Friends appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include PVE Friends: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on PVE Friends?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what PVE Friends runs.
Which settings and rules apply on PVE Friends?
No gather rate is given in the name of PVE Friends. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. You play survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. You will find Oxide plugins running here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What location is PVE Friends in?
You will find no region published for PVE Friends. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 81.159.186.17:28015.
How reliable is PVE Friends, and is it online now?
Right now PVE Friends is not in stock, last seen 24 days 14 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 0 of 168 hours (0%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 19 September 2026.
What version does PVE Friends use?
On Linux, PVE Friends is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Player count
Where does PVE Friends sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days PVE Friends ranks #13,268 on player hours, among the top – of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on PVE Friends?
Current status for PVE Friends: offline, last seen 24 days 14 hours ago.
Wipe details
How often does PVE Friends wipe?
The wipes of PVE Friends on record are too few to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 24 days 16 hours ago.
Getting in
What is the way to join PVE Friends?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 81.159.186.17:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2633
cs164530
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.