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FriendsCore

monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon
Players now 1/ 500 0% full
7-day average 1 peak 3
Rank #3,858 top 17%
Last wipe 10d ago monthly schedule
Next wipe 22d 15h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
0123404:0013:0022:0008:0017:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

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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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 17% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

Wipe-day peak 3 players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

22d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 12 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 19:35 UTC10d ago 3 – 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

from the figures on this page

Rules and settings

Which rules govern FriendsCore?

The name of FriendsCore does not state a gather rate. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. You will find it in the Modded section: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins: Carbon. Its own label is vanilla: unmodified Rust: no changed rates, no kits, no extra rules. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.

What map is used on FriendsCore?

FriendsCore runs a procedural map of size 6,000 with seed 717284259, generated by the game. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map.

Tags and filters

Where can FriendsCore be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

The Rust Player Count lists that FriendsCore fits are: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What information do the tags on FriendsCore convey?

The game's server browser reads these tags from FriendsCore: gmvanilla (Game mode): Standard vanilla survival; mp500 (Max players): Capacity: 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default team cap: 8 players; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol: 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build number: 166652; ptsw (Networking): It uses the 'sw' network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present; ^m (Monthly): Expect one wipe per month, alongside the forced wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): Unmodified Rust: no changed rates, no kits, no extra rules; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is installed. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How many players does FriendsCore have?

With 500 slots, FriendsCore has 1 players at the moment. The seven-day average is 1 players, with a peak of 3. The highest average in the last 48 hours was 3 players at 15:00 UTC.

What position does FriendsCore hold among Rust servers?

For player hours in the last seven days, FriendsCore ranks #3,858 and is in the top 17% of all ranked servers.

About the server

How reliable is FriendsCore, and is it online?

FriendsCore is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 4 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 156 of 168 hours, which is 93% uptime. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 13 September 2026.

What is the Rust version for FriendsCore?

On Windows, FriendsCore runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.

What region does FriendsCore serve?

There is no region published by FriendsCore. The location shown by Rust Player Count is the one a server provides; it does not verify where the machine actually is. You can reach it at 178.140.221.43:28015.

Is FriendsCore lag-free?

The server ran at an average of 203 fps over the last 48 hours, never falling below 167. The highest entity count was 206,795, covering buildings, deployables and all other objects. At its highest, it used 4,737 MB of memory. What players perceive as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipe days

What should you expect on FriendsCore during a wipe?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 3 players. 12 hours after the wipe, the crowd on the latest wipe was at its highest.

What wipe pattern does FriendsCore follow?

Wipes happen once a month on FriendsCore, along with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives as its next wipe, wiping all Rust servers. The present world dates from 10 days 8 hours ago. The tags show a wipe schedule set to monthly.

Join the server

How can I connect to FriendsCore?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 178.140.221.43:28015. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptsw,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Standard vanilla survival.
mp500
Max players Capacity: 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default team cap: 8 players.
v2634
Protocol Joining requires the same protocol: 2634.
cs166652
Build Build number: 166652.
ptsw
Networking It uses the 'sw' network layer.
$r?
Region code A region code is not present.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Expect one wipe per month, alongside the forced wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Unmodified Rust: no changed rates, no kits, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is installed.

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.