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The BushWacksSwamp

Online 157.85.86.231:28015 checked 3h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 20 slots 0% full −1−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#5,505top 25%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75121:0006:0015:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020021:0006:0015:0023:0008:0017:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 25% of all ranked servers. 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 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 22hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

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, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 22:32 UTC FW26d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The BushWacksSwamp?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The BushWacksSwamp: 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 The BushWacksSwamp mean?

For the server browser, The BushWacksSwamp lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^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 BushWacksSwamp rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank The BushWacksSwamp at #5,505, within the top 25% of ranked servers.

How many players are on The BushWacksSwamp right now?

The current tally at The BushWacksSwamp: 0 players across 20 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 22:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server details

Is The BushWacksSwamp online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, The BushWacksSwamp is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 9 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does The BushWacksSwamp run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 98 server fps, with a low of 81. At its peak it held 109,724 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 5,579 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is The BushWacksSwamp located?

No region is published by The BushWacksSwamp. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 157.85.86.231:28015.

Which Rust version is The BushWacksSwamp on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The BushWacksSwamp runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on The BushWacksSwamp when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on The BushWacksSwamp?

Wipes on The BushWacksSwamp come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 21 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does The BushWacksSwamp run?

A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 1427009932 is what The BushWacksSwamp 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 The BushWacksSwamp?

The name of The BushWacksSwamp 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. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join The BushWacksSwamp?

Enter client.connect 157.85.86.231:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp20
Max players There are 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.