Rust Dedicated Server
Online 162.43.50.99:29015 checked 13m 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 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 15h. 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, 6 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:11 UTC FW26d ago | 1 | – | running | 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 Rust Dedicated Server?
You'll find Rust Dedicated Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rust Dedicated Server mean?
These are the tags Rust Dedicated Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^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.
Player counts
How does Rust Dedicated Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #5,684 puts Rust Dedicated Server in the top 26% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Dedicated Server right now?
0 players are on Rust Dedicated Server at the moment, out of 500 slots. Peak for the week was 6, against an average of 0 players. Look at 05:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 3 players on average.
Server facts
Is Rust Dedicated Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust Dedicated Server is up and running. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is Rust Dedicated Server located?
No region is published by Rust Dedicated Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 162.43.50.99:29015.
Which Rust version is Rust Dedicated Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Dedicated Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Rust Dedicated Server when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 6 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Dedicated Server?
Rust Dedicated Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 26 days 5 hours.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Rust Dedicated Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Dedicated Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Rust Dedicated Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.43.50.99:29015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.