The Rusty Rifle
Online NA 104.128.50.78:28015 checked 7m ago
Vital stats
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, top 82% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 22 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 18:23 UTC23d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Rusty Rifle?
You'll find The Rusty Rifle on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on The Rusty Rifle mean?
These are the tags The Rusty Rifle publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to get in; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Rusty Rifle rank against other Rust servers?
The Rusty Rifle takes #15,425 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,544 across North America.
How many players are on The Rusty Rifle right now?
The Rusty Rifle is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
Server details
Is The Rusty Rifle online, and how reliable is it?
The Rusty Rifle is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does The Rusty Rifle run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 111 server fps, with a low of 93. At its peak it held 139,395 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,987 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Rusty Rifle located?
With its NA tag, The Rusty Rifle lists itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 104.128.50.78:28015.
Which Rust version is The Rusty Rifle on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 is the version The Rusty Rifle runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Rusty Rifle when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 22 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rusty Rifle?
Wipes on The Rusty Rifle come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 23 days 10 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Rusty Rifle run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 292611345 is what The Rusty Rifle runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Rusty Rifle?
The name of The Rusty Rifle says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. You need Rust's premium status to get in. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join The Rusty Rifle?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.128.50.78:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You need Rust's premium status to get in. You can find its website at https://chicagoservers.co.