PhaQ
Online NA 162.255.84.92:46015 checked 12m 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 50% of all ranked servers, top 71% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 8h. 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, 4 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 24 Oct, 00:25 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:29 UTC FW26d ago | 2 | halved by day 1 | 22.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 20:18 UTC40d ago | 0 | – | 14 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include PhaQ?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include PhaQ: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on PhaQ mean?
These are the tags PhaQ publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp60 (Max players): There are 60 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; modded (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America; oxidation (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does PhaQ rank against other Rust servers?
PhaQ takes #11,096 on seven-day player hours, a top 50% spot overall and #1,328 across North America.
How many players are on PhaQ right now?
The current tally at PhaQ: 0 players across 60 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
Server details
Is PhaQ online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, PhaQ is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 8 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 126, a 75% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does PhaQ run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 160, with 137 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 92,501 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 3,406 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is PhaQ located?
PhaQ 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 162.255.84.92:46015.
Which Rust version is PhaQ on?
On Linux, PhaQ runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on PhaQ when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 4 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. The crowd fell under half by day 1 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on PhaQ?
Wipes on PhaQ come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 4 days 10 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
The rules
Which map does PhaQ run?
The procedural map on PhaQ measures 4,000 and comes from the game with seed 331906637. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on PhaQ?
No gather rate appears in the name of PhaQ. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join PhaQ?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.255.84.92:46015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://byjohnsongaming.com/.