PVE
Offline 104.28.246.233:28015 checked 5d 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 42% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct, 11:25 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include PVE?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include PVE: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up 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): Survival, standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. 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?
Player hours over the last week rank PVE at #9,423, within the top 42% of ranked servers.
How many players are on PVE right now?
Offline now, PVE was last spotted 5 days 2 hours ago. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players.
About the server
Is PVE online, and how reliable is it?
PVE shows as offline, last spotted 5 days 2 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 6, a 4% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 14 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. Connect at 104.28.246.233:28015.
Which Rust version is PVE on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version PVE runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on PVE when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on PVE?
Too few wipes are on record for PVE to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 7 days 20 hours.
Rules and settings
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. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join PVE?
Enter client.connect 104.28.246.233:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.