The Signal
Online NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 10m 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 81% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Signal?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Signal: 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; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Signal mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Signal: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): Slots: 30; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2631 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2631, so your client has to match it to join; cs158240 (Build): Game build: 158240; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^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; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Signal rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, The Signal sits at #15,341, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,513 in North America.
How many players are on The Signal right now?
The current tally at The Signal: 0 players across 30 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
Server details
Is The Signal online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The Signal is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 7 days 10 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does The Signal run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 37, and it never went below 17. Entities reached a maximum of 129,899: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,782 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is The Signal located?
In North America, The Signal lists itself with its NA tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 104.192.227.51:28015.
Which Rust version is The Signal on?
On Windows, The Signal runs Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Signal?
Too few wipes are on record for The Signal to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 103 days 12 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Signal run?
Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on The Signal is procedural and 4,500 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 The Signal?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Signal. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join The Signal?
Enter client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.