PVE
Offline 104.28.214.230:28015 checked 1d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 36% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 13 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 15:07 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 24 Oct, 15:31 UTC5d ago | 1 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 18:35 UTC32d ago | 0 | – | 26.9 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.
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 PVE?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include PVE: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on PVE mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from PVE: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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): No region code has been set. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does PVE rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #8,081 puts PVE in the top 36% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on PVE right now?
The last sighting of PVE was 43 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Look at 09:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.
Server details
Is PVE online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: PVE was last seen 43 hours ago. It was up 11% of the time over the last 7 full days, 19 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 18 September 2026.
Where is PVE located?
There is no region from PVE. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 104.28.214.230:28015.
Which Rust version is PVE on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version PVE runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on PVE when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 13 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on PVE?
There is no next wipe to predict on PVE, because wipes come at irregular times. 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 9 days 4 hours.
The rules
Which map does PVE run?
A procedural map is what PVE runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on PVE?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on PVE. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join PVE?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.28.214.230:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.