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Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |

Online 167.160.93.178:28015 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 150 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#6,958top 31%
Region–no continent published · group 12 max
Last wipe25d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510000:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00

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 Sep. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 31% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 4 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 00:10 UTC25d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |: Modded Rust servers, live, Aim training servers, ranked by the crowd, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and Rust zombie servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Combat training ^d, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp150 (Max players): It has 150 slots; ts12 (Group limit): Teams cap at 12 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^d (Combat training): Practice your aim and PvP here; the loot is given to you; ^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): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | at #6,958, within the top 31% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | right now?

The current tally at Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |: 0 players across 150 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2.

Server details

Is Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | is online. About 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 75, and it never went below 23. The world carried as many as 113,439 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 3,645 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | located?

No region is published by Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 167.160.93.178:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | on?

On Windows, Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 4 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |?

Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 25 days 23 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | run?

A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 309235982 is what Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP | 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 | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |. A group holds at most 12 players. combat training is the game mode, practice your aim and PvP, loot provided. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Rust | Crucible | Vanilla+ | Zombies | PVE Focus | Opt-In PVP |?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 167.160.93.178:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/JEEPpZVtzS.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^d,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts12,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp150
Max players It has 150 slots.
ts12
Group limit Teams cap at 12 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^d
Combat training Practice your aim and PvP here; the loot is given to you.
^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.