RS-15947Modded server
[UK] The Circle
Online 188.40.106.248:28135 checked 9m 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 25 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 26 Sep, 12:53 UTC17d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Population
How populated is [UK] The Circle?
[UK] The Circle is showing 0 players on 10 slots right now. Over the past seven days, the average player count was 0.
Where does [UK] The Circle sit in the rankings?
Ranked #15,947 on seven-day player hours, [UK] The Circle is in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does [UK] The Circle show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
On these Top Rust Servers lists you will find [UK] The Circle: Best EU Rust servers and Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags on [UK] The Circle?
The game's server browser reads the tags that [UK] The Circle publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, as standard in the game; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It appears in Modded, as plugins or settings modify the game. Shown at the top of this page, and also in the tags: its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made.
Rules, settings, and map
What is the map on [UK] The Circle?
A procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 707334229, created by the game, is in use on [UK] The Circle. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, because size and seed determine the map.
What settings and rules does [UK] The Circle use?
The name [UK] The Circle does not state a gather rate. Groups use the default maximum of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed as Modded. Oxide plugins are in use. Vanilla is the term it uses: no altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC anti-cheat is active.
Server details
What is the Rust version on [UK] The Circle?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is what [UK] The Circle runs, on Linux. Joining requires matching protocols, and Steam updates your game automatically.
Is [UK] The Circle lag-free?
The last 48 hours saw it average 113 server fps, never going under 73. At its peak, it held 47,370 entities: everything from buildings to deployables and more. At its highest, it consumed 3,831 MB of memory. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
What is the server location for [UK] The Circle?
Its name points to Europe, but [UK] The Circle publishes no region tag. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 188.40.106.248:28135 is its address.
How reliable is [UK] The Circle?
Right now, [UK] The Circle is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was roughly 14 days 12 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 168 of 168 hours, or 100%. The first time Top Rust Servers saw it was on 25 September 2026.
Wipe schedule
What can you expect on wipe day on [UK] The Circle?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
On what schedule does [UK] The Circle wipe?
Not enough wipe data exists yet to identify the rhythm of [UK] The Circle. A force wipe happens monthly across all Rust servers; the next is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world was last replaced 17 days 21 hours ago.
Connection
What is the process to join [UK] The Circle?
To connect, start Rust, hit F1, and enter client.connect 188.40.106.248:28135. You can also join by clicking Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and links you in.