Server profile · NA
The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP
Online, with 0 of 100 players on; ranked #5,974 of every public Rust server, the top 27%. It last wiped 27d ago.
Online NA 66.51.99.21:28050 checked 8m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 27% of all ranked servers, top 53% in NA, and #351 of the quad servers (top 43%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Force wipes only.
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 6hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 27 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:28 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe days
What should you expect on wipe day at The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 27 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
On what schedule does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP wipe?
The only wipe on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. The world you are playing on now was made 27 days 14 hours ago. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.
About the server
What does performance look like on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
Server fps averaged 5 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 5. At its highest the entity count reached 143,372: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory figure was 5,538 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
On what version does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP currently run?
Running on Linux, The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.
How reliable is The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP, and is it up at the moment?
Right now The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is up and running. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 23 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
In which location does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP sit?
The NA tag is how The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP places itself in North America. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. 66.51.99.21:28050 is where it answers.
Server tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
When the game's server browser reads The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp100 (Max players): It holds 100 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 players at most; v2635 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe cycle is monthly and lines up with Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Danger comes from the world, not from other players; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays; NA (North America): Its browser listing sits under North America. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.
Where does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
The Rust Insights lists that carry The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP are Modded Rust servers, explained, Rust PvE servers, live and North American Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Player counts
What does the population of The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP look like?
The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP shows 0 players at the moment, against 100 slots. Over the past week it peaked at 2 and averaged 0 players.
How does The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
In North America, The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP is #980; across all ranked servers it is #5,974 on seven-day player hours, in the top 27%. Within its quad group, the position is #351.
Settings and rules
What settings and rules apply on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP. quad is the group name, and it caps groups at 4 players. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings change the game, so it sits under Modded in the browser. Oxide is the plugin count it runs. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.
What is the map on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
Size 4,500 and seed 2122343034 define the procedural map on The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.
How to join
How can you get onto The Meat Grinder PvE/PvP?
Type client.connect 66.51.99.21:28050 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam. Its website can be found at https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp9024879.jpg.