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Helix Rust Server

Online 104.251.173.206:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 15 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,326top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe11d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020014:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

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.

1
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 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 17 Oct, 23:04 UTC11d ago 1 – 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.

Lists and tags

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

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Helix 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Helix Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Helix Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): There are 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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.

Player counts

How does Helix Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Helix Rust Server at #15,326, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Helix Rust Server right now?

The current tally at Helix Rust Server: 0 players across 15 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server facts

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

Right now, Helix Rust Server is up and running. About 3 days 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Helix Rust Server run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 131, and it never went below 111. At its peak it held 121,033 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,159 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Helix Rust Server located?

There is no region from Helix Rust Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 104.251.173.206:28015.

Which Rust version is Helix Rust Server on?

On Windows, Helix Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

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

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Helix Rust Server?

Helix Rust Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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 11 days 14 hours.

The rules

Which map does Helix Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Helix Rust Server measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Helix Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Helix Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join Helix Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.251.173.206:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp15
Max players There are 15 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2634
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

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.