Live 103,740 players 11,898 servers online 413 fresh wipes in 3 hours Refreshed every five minutes

Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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Rust Server

Online 104.129.132.19:28309 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,310top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe30d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246819:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 29 Sep, 14:15 UTC30d ago 0 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Rust Server at #15,310, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

0 players are on Rust Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

About the server

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Server is online. About 30 days 2 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities reached a maximum of 16,616: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,272 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 104.129.132.19:28309.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Rust Server runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Rust Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 30 days 4 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 123456, the map on Rust Server is procedural and 2,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name of Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.129.132.19:28309. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp40
Max players There are 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633.
cs165217
Build Game build: 165217.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^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.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.