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Red sun in the sky

Online 157.85.87.241:26318 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 5 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#13,093top 59%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75100:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020000:0009:0018:0003:0012:0021:00

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 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

6.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctSat 19 SepFri 18 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:37 UTC FW26d ago 1 – running 0
Sat 19 Sep, 10:09 UTC38d ago 2 halved by day 3 12.4 days 0
Fri 18 Sep, 21:13 UTC39d ago 2 – 0.5 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.

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Quick answers

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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Red sun in the sky?

You'll find Red sun in the sky on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up 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 Red sun in the sky mean?

For the server browser, Red sun in the sky lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): Slots: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Red sun in the sky rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Red sun in the sky at #13,093, within the top 59% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Red sun in the sky right now?

0 players are on Red sun in the sky at the moment, out of 5 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 15:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.

Server facts

Is Red sun in the sky online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Red sun in the sky is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 30 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 Red sun in the sky run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 113, with 34 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 64,992 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 4,235 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Red sun in the sky located?

No region is published by Red sun in the sky. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 157.85.87.241:26318.

Which Rust version is Red sun in the sky on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Red sun in the sky runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Red sun in the sky when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. The crowd fell under half by day 3 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Red sun in the sky?

There is no next wipe to predict on Red sun in the sky, because wipes come at irregular times. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 26 days 3 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Red sun in the sky run?

Generated by the game with seed 471471404, the map on Red sun in the sky is procedural and 3,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Red sun in the sky?

No gather rate appears in the name of Red sun in the sky. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Red sun in the sky?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 157.85.87.241:26318. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp5
Max players Slots: 5.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

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.