Blind Squirrel Backlot
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 70%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
156.236.84.27:28040
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 7627 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 156.236.84.27:28040
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 50
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 8 Sep 2026, 15:53 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does Blind Squirrel Backlot use?
The name of Blind Squirrel Backlot does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 913836496 is in use on Blind Squirrel Backlot, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Tags
What are the tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot for?
These tags come from Blind Squirrel Backlot and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does Blind Squirrel Backlot appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Blind Squirrel Backlot: The busiest community servers in Rust. 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.
Server details
What's the physical location of Blind Squirrel Backlot?
No region comes from Blind Squirrel Backlot. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 156.236.84.27:28040.
How reliable is Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Last seen 6 days 21 hours ago, Blind Squirrel Backlot is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 9%, 15 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Blind Squirrel Backlot have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux: that is Blind Squirrel Backlot. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
When does Blind Squirrel Backlot wipe?
The estimate for Blind Squirrel Backlot's next wipe comes from the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 29 days 20 hours ago this server built its current world. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
What's Blind Squirrel Backlot's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #16,537 on seven-day player hours, Blind Squirrel Backlot is in the top 70% overall.
How many players are on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Blind Squirrel Backlot last showed life 6 days 21 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
How to join
What's the process to join Blind Squirrel Backlot?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.