Sandbox
Offline 167.100.52.231:28015 checked 10d 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 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Sandbox?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Sandbox: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Sandbox mean?
For the server browser, Sandbox lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp5 (Max players): There are 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Sandbox at #15,172, within the top 70% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Sandbox right now?
The last sighting of Sandbox was 10 days 4 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server facts
Is Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Sandbox was last seen 10 days 4 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 15 October 2026.
Where is Sandbox located?
No region is published by Sandbox. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 167.100.52.231:28015.
Which Rust version is Sandbox on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version Sandbox runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Sandbox?
Too few wipes are on record for Sandbox to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 11 days 23 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Sandbox run?
A procedural map is what Sandbox runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Sandbox?
The name of Sandbox says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Sandbox?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 167.100.52.231:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.