There are still ZERO official servers that have Secure Mode enabled, over 100 days after it became available (besides the FP-owned servers). It's clear that private server owners have no intention of limiting cheating on their servers, so I will.

The Couch is a dedicated, secure, weekly vanilla server with zero paid perks, prepaid for an entire year of hosting.

• TPM + Secure Boot required
• No VIP, No paid kits, no queue skip, no paid advantages of any kind
• Cheaters cannot send money via VIP

The server takes no money from players, which means there is no way to buy influence, favoritism, or special treatment. I pay for this dedicated server personally.

Server info:

• The Couch • No VIP • No Kits • Secure Boot ✓
• Secure Mode ON — TPM + Secure Boot
• US West dedicated server
• Weekly Vanilla
• No group limit
• Weekly map wipes Thursdays at 11:00 AM Pacific / 1800 UTC
• Player names hidden from BattleMetrics (to prevent metagaming)
• BattleMetrics: https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/rust/39147477
• F1 console: connect thecouch.lol:28015

This server previously had PlaySafe ID enabled, but it's off now. I'm hoping enough people will first embrace playing on a Secure Mode server first, then I will either pay for a second server with PSID enabled, or re-enable PSID here if that is what the players want. The goal is to have cheater-free Rust on this server, and I'll continue to use all the options I have to make that happen.

Server will force-wipe immediately when the patch is available tomorrow around 11:00 AM Pacific / 1800 UTC.

What kind of servers do you guys like to play. I need some recommendations do you guys play like wipe day only or join a server even if its older like day or more. I currently have 1,3k hours and firstly i played 5x to just get the hang of it but then quickly switched to 2x and still play it. I play bestrust servers but am looking to try something else since last couple of wipes been rough either the pop is so high that i cant progress or pop so low that the loot takes so long to respawn and cant find people. Id like to know some good servers either official or community.

July force wipe lands on Thursday, July 2. Here are the major changes that I think might be relevant to fellow server owners:

Apartment Complex Monument

• Safe zone, except for apartments
• 3 tiers of apartments can be rented by players for initial + daily scrap fees:
  • Includes bed, storage, cooking, T1 workbench
  • Penthouses also have a large furnace
  • Players can not place their own deployables
  • CachedDailyUpkeep convar controls daily cost
  • Everyone except renter, teammates, and robbers (see master key below) get ejected
• Shops can also be rented by players for initial + hourly scrap fees
• A single-use master key can occasionally be purchased and used to break into any room or shop:
  • Vendor location was Bandit but might get moved to Apartment Complex
  • Restock time might be 12 hours
  • Cost might be around 1000 scrap, subject to dynamic vendor pricing
  • Now purchasable from NPC in basement for fixed 1000 scrap with no restock delay or dynamic pricing?
  • Robber has limited time before being ejected
• A special computer station can be used to see which rooms are occupied, plus an estimate of contained item value

Clan Table

• Added as default BP
• Functionality enabled by default
  • Except on hardcore
  • Server owners will be able to disable functionality
• Allows creation+management of clan, banner, announcements, members
• Includes some kind of scoring/leaderboard system
• Names over clan members will be purple
• Clans may or may not carry over across wipes (mixed messages from devs about this)

Plugins/Modding

• Breaking changes have been made to the game's RPC API, which will require numerous plugins to be updated:
  • Custom Vending Setup already has an update
  • I posted unofficial updates for Image Library and Zone Manager on their umod forums, just in case
  • Nivex's discord has a preliminary fix for CopyPaste, but I assume the umod community will put out an official update
• Nivex is looking into Apartment Complex options for True PVE

Procgen Maps

• Apartment Complex appears to spawn under the following conditions:
  • Non-jungle Tier 0 areas
  • Map size 3000+
• Minimum map size for all labeled monuments may be increasing from 3500 to 3700?

Softcore Gamemode

• Boom raiding blocked except during 6-9PM local server time:
  • Eco-raiding and twig/deployable destruction still allowed
  • TCs do not block raids until 1 hour after placement
  • MLRS only usable during raid window
• Gather rate increased to 2X on tress, ores, corpses, collectibles:
  • gamemodesoftcore.gather_rate convar controls this, and only works in softcore mode
  • Farmed plants excluded

This is a completely open mind post. I want to hear from solos what is there absolute favorite server to play on. It doesn’t have to have a solo group cap.

I’ve had a rough go of it

-All safezone removed, vehicule spawn behind keycards/dangerous zones, horses in the wild.

-All gears/weapons removed from workbenchs

-All MILITARY WEAPONS not craftable, only lootable. (mp5,sks...)

-Removed vendor npc/truck

-Disabled sea patch contents

-Revamped loot tables with a better progression logic

-Removed drone shop

Does anyone know a server like that or pretty similar please ?

Or if it doesn't exist, is it even possible to create ?

And would that being people ?

is there any server thats like 2-3 x im new about 60 hours. Also why does my game take like 30 mins to load all my other games load fast.

Day 1 of running my own Rust server. Current population: me. I spent hours setting up the server, Discord, map, and even an AI moderator bot. If anyone wants to be among the first players and help shape the server, come check it out. At this point even one random naked spawning on the beach would make my day.