Live 98,341 players 11,847 servers online 535 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 104.143.3.247:28259 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 120 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,269top 68%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe10d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246821:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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 68% 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.

32 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 19 OctThu 17 Sep
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
Mon 19 Oct, 06:48 UTC10d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 06:58 UTC42d ago 0 – 32 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 Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

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; mp120 (Max players): Slots: 120; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,269 puts Rust Server in the top 68% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

Rust Server is holding 0 players, with 120 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 10 days 12 hours ago. 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. The world carried as many as 98,579 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,753 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Rust Server located?

There is no region from Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 104.143.3.247:28259.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

The record of Rust Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 10 days 13 hours.

The rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Rust Server measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 1897720256. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, 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. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.143.3.247:28259. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp120,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp120
Max players Slots: 120.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
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 A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.