Rusty Tux
Offline NA 16.59.128.4:28015 checked 30d 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 72% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. 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 2, 11 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 14 Sep, 21:18 UTC43d ago | 2 | – | 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusty Tux?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rusty Tux: Community servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Rusty Tux mean?
These are the tags Rusty Tux publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Rusty Tux rank against other Rust servers?
Rusty Tux takes #16,879 on seven-day player hours, a top 72% spot overall and #1,701 across North America.
How many players are on Rusty Tux right now?
Offline now, Rusty Tux was last spotted 30 days 23 hours ago.
Server facts
Is Rusty Tux online, and how reliable is it?
Rusty Tux shows as offline, last spotted 30 days 23 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Tux located?
Rusty Tux uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 16.59.128.4:28015.
Which Rust version is Rusty Tux on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Rusty Tux runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Rusty Tux when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 11 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Tux?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rusty Tux, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 43 days 1 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Map and rules
Which map does Rusty Tux run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1220438900 is what Rusty Tux runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Tux?
The name of Rusty Tux says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Tux?
Enter client.connect 16.59.128.4:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.