The Derps
Online 157.85.87.223:24183 checked 11m 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 24% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. 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 4, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:27 UTC FW27d ago | 4 | – | 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 The Derps?
You'll find The Derps on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust 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 Derps mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Derps: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Derps rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The Derps at #5,273, within the top 24% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Derps right now?
0 players are on The Derps at the moment, out of 10 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 13:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Server facts
Is The Derps online, and how reliable is it?
The Derps is live at the moment. About 58 minutes 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 The Derps run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 126, and it never went below 65. At its peak it held 70,074 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,176 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is The Derps located?
There is no region from The Derps. 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 157.85.87.223:24183.
Which Rust version is The Derps on?
On Linux, The Derps runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Derps when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 4 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 2 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on The Derps?
Wipes on The Derps 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 12 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does The Derps run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 790806440 is what The Derps runs, made by the game. 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 The Derps?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Derps. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, 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. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join The Derps?
Enter client.connect 157.85.87.223:24183 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.