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Rust Server

Online 118.27.226.196:28015 checked 6m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#13,031top 59%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe7d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608014:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

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 22 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; 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; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Server at #13,031, in the top 59% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

The current tally at Rust Server: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server details

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is up and running. About 3 days 3 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 144 hours in the last 6 full days, it was online for 143, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 22 October 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 58 server fps, with a low of 50. Entities reached a maximum of 44,184: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,633 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 118.27.226.196:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust Server to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 7 days 4 hours.

The rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 1234, the map on Rust Server is procedural and 3,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Server. 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. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 118.27.226.196:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
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.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^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.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.