King's Gambit
Online 168.100.160.35:28033 checked 8m 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 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 19% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 20:20 UTC, in 18h. Every Thursday at 20:20 UTC · 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 5, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 20:20 UTC6d ago | 5 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 19:34 UTC13d ago | 5 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 19:54 UTC20d ago | 5 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 1 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:03 UTC FW27d ago | 5 | halved by day 3 | 7.1 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 19:22 UTC34d ago | 5 | halved by day 1 | 6.9 days | 1 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 19:45 UTC41d ago | 5 | halved by day 3 | 7 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include King's Gambit?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include King's Gambit: Modded Rust 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 week.
What do the server tags on King's Gambit mean?
For the server browser, King's Gambit lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^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.
The players
How does King's Gambit rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank King's Gambit at #4,298, within the top 19% of ranked servers.
How many players are on King's Gambit right now?
King's Gambit is holding 1 players, with 50 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 5. Look at 22:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 0 players on average.
Server facts
Is King's Gambit online, and how reliable is it?
King's Gambit is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 10 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 94%, with 158 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does King's Gambit run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 29 server fps, with a low of 17. The world carried as many as 133,692 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 6,437 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is King's Gambit located?
There is no region from King's Gambit. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 168.100.160.35:28033.
Which Rust version is King's Gambit on?
On Linux, King's Gambit runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on King's Gambit when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 5 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 3 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 3 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on King's Gambit?
Wipes on King's Gambit follow a every Thursday at 20:20 UTC pattern. Thursday 29 October at 20:20 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. Its current world has been live for 6 days 5 hours.
The rules
Which map does King's Gambit run?
The procedural map on King's Gambit measures 4,600 and comes from the game with seed 2000785684. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on King's Gambit?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on King's Gambit. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join King's Gambit?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.160.35:28033. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/SAjj6qD9he.