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Rust Empires Crearive

Online 158.69.5.16:28022 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 30 slots 0% full −3−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 4
Rank#6,707top 30%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 30% 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 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 18hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 20 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:32 UTC FW27d ago 1 – 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

Who runs Rust Empires Crearive?

The same operator most likely runs Rust Empires Crearive and 2 other servers we track, since all publish a rustempires.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Empires Crearive?

You'll find Rust Empires Crearive on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live and Rust creative servers, watched. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Rust Empires Crearive mean?

These are the tags Rust Empires Crearive publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering; ^k (Build server): Design and practise your bases; ^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.

The players

How does Rust Empires Crearive rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Empires Crearive at #6,707, in the top 30% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Empires Crearive right now?

0 players are on Rust Empires Crearive at the moment, out of 30 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 4. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 22:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.

About the server

Is Rust Empires Crearive online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Empires Crearive is live at the moment. About 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 144, a 86% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Empires Crearive run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 60 server fps, with a low of 59. Entities reached a maximum of 7,578: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,507 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Empires Crearive located?

No region is published by Rust Empires Crearive. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 158.69.5.16:28022.

Which Rust version is Rust Empires Crearive on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Empires Crearive runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Rust Empires Crearive when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 20 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Empires Crearive?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rust Empires Crearive, tied to 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 3 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Empires Crearive run?

A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 150062785 is what Rust Empires Crearive runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Empires Crearive?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Empires Crearive. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. build & creative is the game mode, no gathering, just sandbox building. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Empires Crearive?

Enter client.connect 158.69.5.16:28022 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://rustempires.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^c,^k,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp30
Max players It has 30 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^c
Creative Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering.
^k
Build server Design and practise your bases.

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.