Rust Server
Online 162.43.53.191:28015 checked 7m 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 24 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 24 Oct, 15:34 UTC4d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Mon 19 Oct, 14:48 UTC9d ago | 0 | – | 5 days | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 17:27 UTC26d ago | 4 | halved by day 3 | 16.9 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 21:12 UTC34d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 7.8 days | 1 |
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?
You'll find Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
For the server browser, Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp4 (Max players): There are 4 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed 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 #15,339, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Server right now?
0 players are on Rust Server at the moment, out of 4 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust Server is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 14 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 24 September 2026.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 184 server fps, with a low of 122. The world carried as many as 40,757 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,175 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. You'll find it at 162.43.53.191:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Server runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
No next wipe can be predicted for Rust Server: its wipes happen at irregular times. 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. The world it is running now dates from 4 days 15 hours.
The rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
A procedural map of 2,800 with seed 50000 is what Rust Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser lists it under Community. 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 162.43.53.191:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.