PVE
Offline 104.28.214.231:28015 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 59% of all ranked servers. 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include PVE?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include PVE: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it 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?
These are the tags PVE publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does PVE rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place PVE at #13,102, in the top 59% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on PVE right now?
The last sighting of PVE was 34 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
Server facts
Is PVE online, and how reliable is it?
The server PVE is not online now; 34 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 1% of the time over the last 6 full days, 1 of 144 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 22 October 2026.
Where is PVE located?
There is no region from PVE. 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 104.28.214.231:28015.
Which Rust version is PVE on?
On Windows, PVE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on PVE?
The record of PVE'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 7 days 22 hours.
The rules
Which map does PVE run?
The map on PVE is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on PVE?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on PVE. 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. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join PVE?
Enter client.connect 104.28.214.231:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.