Rust Server
Online 148.251.234.157:28015 checked 14m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 43% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:18 UTC FW27d ago | 0 | – | 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.
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 Rust Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; 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. 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #9,483 puts Rust Server in the top 43% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Server right now?
Rust Server is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 20:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
About the server
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust Server is up and running. About 18 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 79, with 53 as the lowest. At its peak it held 201,868 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,736 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Rust Server located?
No region is published by Rust Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 148.251.234.157:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
Wipes on Rust Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 20 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
A procedural map of 6,000 with seed 6738 is what Rust Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?
The name of Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 148.251.234.157:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://ragequit.community.