The European servers of the survival MMO Rust have fallen victim to a fire. As it turns out, the lost data is unfortunately irretrievably deleted.
For some time now, the old MMO Rust has been very popular. However, today the servers of the game are not smoking due to heavy traffic, but rather because the data center is on fire.
This is what happened: In the morning hours of March 10, 2021, a fire broke out in Strasbourg, France, near the German border. The European servers of the survival MMO Rust, which were located in the now-destroyed data center of the provider OVH, were also affected by the fire.
According to the developer, 25 EU servers have been unreachable for hours due to this incident. The fire is reportedly under control now, but the MMO is still struggling with server issues (via heise).
This is now the bad news: In an update, the official Twitter account of Rust reported that the data lost in the fire is now unfortunately irretrievably deleted (via Twitter).
This is how things will continue with Rust in Europe
There is also good news: It can also be reported on Twitter that EU servers for Rust are gradually coming back online:
This is how players are reacting: On reddit and the Twitter channel of Rust, users are expressing their dismay. Some point out, however, that the data loss isn’t so bad since server wipes are performed at regular intervals in Rust, effectively resetting everything to zero.
What is the Rust hype about? At the beginning of 2021, Rust caused a kind of gold rush. This was due to numerous streamers and prominent Twitch names who discovered the survival game. There was plenty of drama on special servers, but also intense action – even here in Germany:
This catapulted the game to the new star of the gaming sky – until the Viking MMO Valheim overtook Rust. Valheim is, as of March 2021, the game of the moment: Valheim conquers Steam – What makes the survival game so successful?
Fortunately, according to the latest reports, no people were harmed in the fire in Strasbourg.
Are you also affected and possibly lamenting the permanent data loss in Rust? Do you think the recently rejuvenated Rust community will recover from this severe blow? Let us know in the comments.
