Gray Matter Gaming
Online 108.193.188.236:28015 checked 12m 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 23% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 19:17 UTC6d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 05:33 UTC7d ago | 4 | – | 0.6 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 Gray Matter Gaming?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Gray Matter Gaming: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Gray Matter Gaming mean?
For the server browser, Gray Matter Gaming lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^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. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Gray Matter Gaming rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #5,118 puts Gray Matter Gaming in the top 23% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Gray Matter Gaming right now?
The current tally at Gray Matter Gaming: 0 players across 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 3.
Server facts
Is Gray Matter Gaming online, and how reliable is it?
Gray Matter Gaming is live at the moment. It was up 94% of the time over the last 7 full days, 158 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 15 October 2026.
Where is Gray Matter Gaming located?
No region is published by Gray Matter Gaming. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 108.193.188.236:28015.
Which Rust version is Gray Matter Gaming on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Gray Matter Gaming runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Gray Matter Gaming when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 4 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Gray Matter Gaming?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Gray Matter Gaming, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 16 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Gray Matter Gaming?
The name of Gray Matter Gaming says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's 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. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Gray Matter Gaming?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 108.193.188.236:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.