RS-16408Community server
Blind Squirrel Backlot
Offline 156.236.84.27:28040 checked 12d 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 14h. The force wipe
Wipes
| 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.
Player count
How populated is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot is offline at this moment; the last signal was 12 days 14 hours ago.
How is Blind Squirrel Backlot ranked?
On player hours across seven days, Blind Squirrel Backlot is #16,408, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
On Top Rust Servers, which lists and filters carry Blind Squirrel Backlot?
These Top Rust Servers lists count Blind Squirrel Backlot among their servers: Best Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
How should you read the tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, as in Rust; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Running game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply here, following Facepunch's force wipe schedule are the tags Blind Squirrel Backlot publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Shown at the top of this page, and also in the tags: its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made.
Map and rules
What map is used on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The map on Blind Squirrel Backlot is procedural, size 4,250, seed 913836496, and generated by the game. Viewing it on RustMaps is possible from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.
What settings and rules does Blind Squirrel Backlot use?
No gather rate is given in the name Blind Squirrel Backlot. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, the normal mode where you gather, build and raid. You can fight and raid other players. A community server, it is found under the Community tab. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server details
What version is Blind Squirrel Backlot running?
On Linux, Blind Squirrel Backlot operates Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires matching protocols, and Steam updates your game automatically.
Where can Blind Squirrel Backlot be found?
A region is not published by Blind Squirrel Backlot. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. It answers at 156.236.84.27:28040.
How reliable is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
The server Blind Squirrel Backlot is down at the moment, with its last appearance 12 days 14 hours ago. It spent 0 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 0% uptime. The first time Top Rust Servers saw it was on 13 September 2026.
Wipe details
On what schedule does Blind Squirrel Backlot wipe?
The next wipe for Blind Squirrel Backlot is estimated from the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC will be its next wipe, and it affects all Rust servers. The world it is running now dates from 35 days 12 hours ago. Its tags indicate wipes happen each month.
Joining the server
What are the steps to join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
To connect, start Rust, hit F1, and enter client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040. You can also join by clicking Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and links you in.