Live 56,361 players 11,721 servers online 135 fresh wipes in 3 hours Refreshed every five minutes

Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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RustServer

Online 162.43.15.99:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,409top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe22d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040000:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

18.3 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 5 OctThu 17 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 5 Oct, 12:09 UTC22d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 04:15 UTC40d ago 0 – 18.3 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustServer?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include RustServer: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on RustServer mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from RustServer: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does RustServer rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,409 puts RustServer in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on RustServer right now?

The current tally at RustServer: 0 players across 50 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server details

Is RustServer online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, RustServer is online. About 10 days 3 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does RustServer run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 160 server fps, with a low of 95. Entities reached a maximum of 49,656: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,770 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustServer located?

No region is published by RustServer. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 162.43.15.99:28015.

Which Rust version is RustServer on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version RustServer runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on RustServer when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on RustServer?

RustServer's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 22 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.

Rules and settings

Which map does RustServer run?

Generated by the game with seed 19686, the map on RustServer is procedural and 3,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on RustServer?

No gather rate appears in the name of RustServer. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join RustServer?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.43.15.99:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs167781
Build It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.