The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.22:28015 checked 24d 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 70% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC34d ago | 1 | held half | 8.6 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Sandbox?
You'll find The Sandbox on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative 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.
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
For the server browser, The Sandbox lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): It's on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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 The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The Sandbox at #15,985, within the top 70% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Sandbox right now?
The Sandbox went quiet 24 days 19 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
The server The Sandbox is not online now; 24 days 19 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 22 September 2026.
Where is The Sandbox located?
There is no region from The Sandbox. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 137.83.97.22:28015.
Which Rust version is The Sandbox on?
On Windows, The Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on The Sandbox when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 100% of the time.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
The record of The Sandbox's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 25 days 23 hours.
The rules
Which map does The Sandbox run?
The Sandbox uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
The name of The Sandbox 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. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join The Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.