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Land of the Free

Online 157.85.92.234:28622 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 5 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#11,805top 53%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe8d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75108:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040008:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 53% 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.

5.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
20%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
67%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 00:57 UTC8d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 15 Oct, 15:24 UTC13d ago 1 halved by day 2 5.4 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 23:48 UTC20d ago 1 held half 6.7 days 1
Fri 2 Oct, 01:52 UTC27d ago 1 held half 6.9 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 15:58 UTC27d ago 3 – 0.4 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 01:26 UTC28d ago 3 – 0.6 days 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.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Land of the Free?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Land of the Free: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Land of the Free mean?

These are the tags Land of the Free publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 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; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Land of the Free rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Land of the Free at #11,805, within the top 53% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Land of the Free right now?

0 players are on Land of the Free at the moment, out of 5 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

About the server

Is Land of the Free online, and how reliable is it?

Land of the Free is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 days 14 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Land of the Free run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 213, and it never went below 108. Entities reached a maximum of 29,299: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,336 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Land of the Free located?

No region is published by Land of the Free. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 157.85.92.234:28622.

Which Rust version is Land of the Free on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 is the version Land of the Free runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Land of the Free when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 67% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on Land of the Free?

No next wipe can be predicted for Land of the Free: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 8 days 5 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Land of the Free run?

Generated by the game with seed 27896, the map on Land of the Free is procedural and 2,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Land of the Free?

The name of Land of the Free says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join Land of the Free?

Enter client.connect 157.85.92.234:28622 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp5
Max players It has 5 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.
cs167781
Build It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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.