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A Rust Server

Online 104.143.3.231:28449 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ ? slots steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#11,303top 51%
Region–no continent published · group 20 max
Last wipe6d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75120:0005:0014:0000:0009:0018:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304020:0005:0014:0000:0009:0018:00

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 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 51% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
29%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctTue 20 OctMon 19 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 18:16 UTC6d ago 1 – running 0
Tue 20 Oct, 23:09 UTC6d ago 1 – 0.8 days 0
Mon 19 Oct, 18:09 UTC8d ago 1 – 1.2 days 0
Sun 18 Oct, 23:45 UTC8d ago 1 – 0.8 days 0
Fri 9 Oct, 20:25 UTC17d ago 1+1 queue halved by day 1 9.1 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 17:21 UTC19d ago 1 – 1.1 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 11:13 UTC25d ago 0 – 6.3 days 0
Wed 16 Sep, 22:52 UTC40d ago 1 halved by day 1 15.5 days 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?

You'll find A Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

For the server browser, A Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp0 (Max players): Slots: 0; ts20 (Group limit): No team can exceed 20 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank A Rust Server at #11,303, within the top 51% of ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

Checking in on A Rust Server? 0 players are on it at the moment. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 02:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

About the server

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

A Rust Server is live at the moment. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 6 server fps, with a low of 5. At its peak it held 32,021 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 1,839 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 104.143.3.231:28449.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

There is no next wipe to predict on A Rust Server, because wipes come at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 6 days 1 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on A Rust Server is procedural and 2,600 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name of A Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Teams can reach 20 players. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.

Join up

How do I join A Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 104.143.3.231:28449 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/feMTbPSGZJ.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts20,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp0
Max players Slots: 0.
ts20
Group limit No team can exceed 20 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^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.