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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

Camera-shy: no banner published Rust Server Onlineright now
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Rust Server

Online 168.100.161.129:28129 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,348top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe7d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246822:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

33.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctThu 17 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 12:55 UTC7d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 15:55 UTC41d ago 0 – 33.9 days 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,348 puts Rust Server 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 40 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server details

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Server is online. About 7 days 7 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. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 5, with 5 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 16,821 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 1,322 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Server located?

There is no region from Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 168.100.161.129:28129.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 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 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Rust Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 7 days 8 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Rust Server measures 2,000 and comes from the game with seed 123456. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name of Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 168.100.161.129:28129 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players It has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
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 RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.