VRC Rust
Online 160.251.182.164:28015 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 11% of all ranked servers, and #114 of the solo servers (top 51%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 8, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 24 Oct, 06:01 UTC5d ago | 8 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 24 Oct, 00:00 UTC5d ago | 8+1 queue | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 12:02 UTC12d ago | 8 | held half | 7.5 days | 0 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 02:39 UTC13d ago | 8 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 02:01 UTC14d ago | 8 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 16:12 UTC22d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 8.4 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 14:06 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | 1.1 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 01:42 UTC24d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 20:46 UTC26d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 2.2 days | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 10:51 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 23:39 UTC28d ago | 2 | – | 1.5 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.
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 VRC Rust?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include VRC Rust: Modded Rust servers, live and Solo Rust servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Solo; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on VRC Rust mean?
These are the tags VRC Rust publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts1 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 1; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does VRC Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank VRC Rust at #2,467, within the top 11% of ranked servers. Within the solo category, it sits at #114.
How many players are on VRC Rust right now?
The current tally at VRC Rust: 2 players across 100 slots. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 10. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 04:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
Server details
Is VRC Rust online, and how reliable is it?
VRC Rust is live at the moment. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 125, a 74% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 30 September 2026.
Where is VRC Rust located?
No region is published by VRC Rust. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 160.251.182.164:28015.
Which Rust version is VRC Rust on?
On Linux, VRC Rust runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on VRC Rust when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 8 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 50% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on VRC Rust?
No next wipe can be predicted for VRC Rust: its wipes happen at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 5 days 5 hours.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on VRC Rust?
The name of VRC Rust says nothing about gather rate. You play alone, because the server is solo only. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join VRC Rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 160.251.182.164:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.