Local Sandbox
Offline 104.28.224.66:28015 checked 3d 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 63% 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Local Sandbox?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Local Sandbox: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Local Sandbox mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Local Sandbox: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Local Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Local Sandbox at #14,041, within the top 63% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Local Sandbox right now?
Offline now, Local Sandbox was last spotted 3 days 10 hours ago. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server facts
Is Local Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
Local Sandbox shows as offline, last spotted 3 days 10 hours ago. Out of 96 hours in the last 4 full days, it was online for 1, a 1% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 24 October 2026.
Where is Local Sandbox located?
No region is published by Local Sandbox. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 104.28.224.66:28015.
Which Rust version is Local Sandbox on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Local Sandbox runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Local Sandbox?
Too few wipes are on record for Local Sandbox to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 4 days 15 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Local Sandbox run?
The map on Local Sandbox is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Local Sandbox?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Local Sandbox. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
Join up
How do I join Local Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 104.28.224.66:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.