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RustyJoe

Online AF 139.84.236.109:28016 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 50 slots 2% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 9
Rank#2,843top 13% · #7 in AF
RegionAFAF · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 4hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5215:0000:0009:0017:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510015:0000:0009:0017:0003:0012:00

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 17 Sep. 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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 23% in AF. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence

13
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 4hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 4hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 47 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:14 UTC FW27d ago 13 – running 1

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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustyJoe?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustyJoe: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on RustyJoe mean?

For the server browser, RustyJoe lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; AF (Africa): In the server browser it sits under Africa. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does RustyJoe rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, RustyJoe sits at #2,843, inside the top 13% of ranked servers and at #7 in Africa.

How many players are on RustyJoe right now?

1 players are on RustyJoe at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 9. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 21:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Server details

Is RustyJoe online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, RustyJoe is online. About 31 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 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does RustyJoe run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 98, with 82 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 131,348 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 3,875 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is RustyJoe located?

In Africa, RustyJoe lists itself with its AF tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 139.84.236.109:28016.

Which Rust version is RustyJoe on?

On Windows, RustyJoe 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 RustyJoe when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 13 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 47 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on RustyJoe?

Wipes on RustyJoe come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 19 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

The rules

Which map does RustyJoe run?

A procedural map of 3,700 with seed 509418494 is what RustyJoe runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on RustyJoe?

No gather rate appears in the name of RustyJoe. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join RustyJoe?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 139.84.236.109:28016. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,AF,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

AF
Africa In the server browser it sits under Africa.

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.