play-rust
Offline 126.203.249.5:28015 checked 18d 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 5 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include play-rust?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include play-rust: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on play-rust mean?
For the server browser, play-rust lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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 play-rust rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,853 puts play-rust in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on play-rust right now?
Offline now, play-rust was last spotted 18 days 8 hours ago.
About the server
Is play-rust online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: play-rust was last seen 18 days 8 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 5 October 2026.
Where is play-rust located?
There is no region from play-rust. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 126.203.249.5:28015.
Which Rust version is play-rust on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version play-rust runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on play-rust?
Too few wipes are on record for play-rust 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. Its current world has been live for 23 days 22 hours.
The rules
Which map does play-rust run?
Generated by the game with seed 65121, the map on play-rust is procedural and 4,000 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 play-rust?
No gather rate appears in the name of play-rust. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join play-rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 126.203.249.5:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.