Knucklehead Servers
Offline NA 108.73.93.241:28015 checked 4d 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 28% of all ranked servers, top 54% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. 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 1, 6 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 11:55 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 21 Oct, 11:37 UTC8d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 1 |
| Wed 21 Oct, 03:01 UTC8d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 1 |
| Tue 20 Oct, 11:24 UTC9d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 days | 1 |
| Mon 19 Oct, 20:43 UTC9d ago | 1 | – | 0.6 days | 0 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 10:56 UTC23d ago | 1 | halved by day 5 | 13.4 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 09:15 UTC42d ago | 0 | – | 19.1 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Knucklehead Servers?
You'll find Knucklehead Servers on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Knucklehead Servers mean?
For the server browser, Knucklehead Servers lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp400 (Max players): There are 400 slots; ts32 (Group limit): Teams cap at 32 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Knucklehead Servers rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, Knucklehead Servers sits at #6,177, inside the top 28% of ranked servers and at #997 in North America.
How many players are on Knucklehead Servers right now?
Knucklehead Servers went quiet 4 days 13 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server facts
Is Knucklehead Servers online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Knucklehead Servers was last seen 4 days 13 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 71, a 42% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is Knucklehead Servers located?
In North America, Knucklehead Servers lists itself with its NA tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 108.73.93.241:28015.
Which Rust version is Knucklehead Servers on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Knucklehead Servers runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Knucklehead Servers when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 6 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 5.
What is the wipe schedule on Knucklehead Servers?
Knucklehead Servers wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 7 days 4 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does Knucklehead Servers run?
The procedural map on Knucklehead Servers measures 6,000 and comes from the game with seed 618188991. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Knucklehead Servers?
The name of Knucklehead Servers says nothing about gather rate. Teams can reach 32 players. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Knucklehead Servers?
Enter client.connect 108.73.93.241:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://www.knuckleheadservers.com/rust.