Live 70,703 players 11,802 servers online 121 fresh wipes in 3 hours Refreshed every five minutes

Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

Camera-shy: no banner published A Rust Server Onlineright now
Celebrity profile

A Rust Server

Online 136.243.0.51:25586 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide
Get on the guest list

Vital stats

Players now 0/ 5 slots 0% full −1−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#6,782top 31%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe9d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75122:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 19 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
15k10k15k20k19 Oct21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 31% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

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

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 19 Oct, 20:48 UTC9d ago 2 – running 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.

You might also like

Similar servers

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include A Rust Server: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp5 (Max players): There are 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank A Rust Server at #6,782, within the top 31% of ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

The current tally at A Rust Server: 0 players across 5 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server details

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, A Rust Server is online. About 4 days 14 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 143, a 85% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 19 October 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 20, with 3 as the lowest. At its peak it held 38,330 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 2,187 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is A Rust Server located?

There is no region from A Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 136.243.0.51:25586.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

The record of A Rust Server's wipes is still too thin to show 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 9 days.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 67, the map on A Rust Server is procedural and 2,750 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on A Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 136.243.0.51:25586 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://playnhost.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp5
Max players There are 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^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.