Rust for Life
Online EU 159.195.28.216:28015 checked 9m 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 38% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 17h. 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 1, 19 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct, 18:27 UTC16d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 12:25 UTC26d ago | 1 | held half | 10.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:27 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 11:15 UTC36d ago | 0 | – | 9.5 days | 0 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 14:37 UTC40d ago | 0 | – | 3.9 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.
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 Rust for Life?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust for Life: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.
What do the server tags on Rust for Life mean?
For the server browser, Rust for Life lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^b (Biweekly): The server wipes every fortnight; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Rust for Life rank against other Rust servers?
Rust for Life takes #8,360 on seven-day player hours, a top 38% spot overall and #2,127 across Europe.
How many players are on Rust for Life right now?
The current tally at Rust for Life: 0 players across 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 20:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server facts
Is Rust for Life online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Rust for Life is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 17 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Rust for Life run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 85, with 7 as the lowest. At its peak it held 72,059 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,128 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Rust for Life located?
Rust for Life uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. 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 159.195.28.216:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust for Life on?
On Linux, Rust for Life runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Rust for Life when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 19 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust for Life?
Too few wipes are recorded on Rust for Life to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 16 days 7 hours is when the present world was made. The tags list a fortnightly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does Rust for Life run?
The procedural map on Rust for Life measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 2349646. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust for Life?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust for Life. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Carbon plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Rust for Life?
Enter client.connect 159.195.28.216:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.