COOL_CATS
EU 46.174.54.20:28015 checked 14m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 39% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 3 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 14 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 20:50 UTC 11d 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
Population
Where does COOL_CATS sit in the rankings?
COOL_CATS ranks #1,117 in Europe and #2,990 overall on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 13% of ranked servers.
Is COOL_CATS busy?
COOL_CATS: 0 players now, with 50 slots available. The seven-day average player count stands at 1, and the highest point was 6. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 13:00 UTC, when the average player count was 5.
Server Tags
How should the tags on COOL_CATS be interpreted?
The game's server browser reads these tags from COOL_CATS: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp50 (Max players): Slot count is 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs166652 (Build): Running build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): The game unmodified: rates, kits and rules as Facepunch ships them; ^o (Oxide): Uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
COOL_CATS in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include COOL_CATS are: Rust servers in Europe, Rust community servers, ranked and Vanilla-tagged Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Overview
COOL_CATS Rust version: which one?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what COOL_CATS uses. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
COOL_CATS performance: is it smooth?
For the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 151, never dropping below 132. The entity count reached 70,086, covering buildings, deployables and all other world objects. At its highest, memory usage was 2,719 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
COOL_CATS uptime and reliability: what are they?
COOL_CATS is currently online. About 2 days 9 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
COOL_CATS location: where is it?
Its EU tag places COOL_CATS in Europe. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 46.174.54.20:28015 is its address.
Rules and Settings
Which map is used on COOL_CATS?
Generated by the game, the map on COOL_CATS is procedural, size 3,300, seed 18881. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
COOL_CATS rules and settings: what are they?
A gather rate is not given in the name COOL_CATS. The default cap of 8 players per group is in force. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. Oxide plugins are used. In its own words, it is vanilla: the game unmodified: rates, kits and rules as Facepunch ships them. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Information
COOL_CATS wipe schedule: what does it show?
Once a month COOL_CATS wipes, with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe that takes every Rust server. The world in play was made 11 days 4 hours. The tags declare wipes once a month.
What happens on wipe day on COOL_CATS?
An average peak of 3 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 14 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How to Join
COOL_CATS joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 46.174.54.20:28015. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,EU,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp50- Max players Slot count is 50.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs166652- Build Running build 166652.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code not set.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla The game unmodified: rates, kits and rules as Facepunch ships them.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
Region
EU- Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.
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.