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

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Rust Server

Online 162.43.25.242:28015 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 2 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,310top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe24d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 5 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct10 Oct15 Oct19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

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

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

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

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up 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 Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $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.

Player counts

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,310 puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

The current tally at Rust Server: 0 players across 2 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server facts

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Server is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 11 days 21 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 5 October 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 159, with 100 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 48,614 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,933 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Rust Server located?

There is no region from Rust Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 162.43.25.242:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Rust Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 24 days 6 hours is when the present world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 50000, the map on Rust Server is procedural and 3,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.43.25.242:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp2
Max players There are 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$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.