Rust Server
Online 162.43.28.76:28015 checked 6m 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 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
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 Rust Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
These are the tags Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp3 (Max players): It has 3 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust Server at #15,388, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Server right now?
0 players are on Rust Server at the moment, out of 3 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Rust Server is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 10 days ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 5 October 2026.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 157, and it never went below 91. Entities reached a maximum of 48,535: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,741 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
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 162.43.28.76:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust Server on?
On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
The record of Rust Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 21 days 21 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
The procedural map on Rust Server measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 50000. 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 Rust Server?
The name of Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.43.28.76:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.