Rust
Online EU 168.100.161.203:27915 checked 10m 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 68% of all ranked servers, top 87% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 21h. The force wipe · 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 11:28 UTC14d ago | 0 | – | 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.
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?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly.
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
For the server browser, Rust lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Rust takes #15,268 on seven-day player hours, a top 68% spot overall and #2,528 across Europe.
How many players are on Rust right now?
Rust is holding 0 players, with 40 slots in total. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 14 days 7 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 16 September 2026.
Does Rust run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities reached a maximum of 84,582: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 6,226 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Rust located?
With its EU tag, Rust lists itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 168.100.161.203:27915.
Which Rust version is Rust on?
On Linux, Rust runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
The prediction follows its tag, since too few of Rust's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 14 days 9 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on Rust is procedural and 3,850 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 168.100.161.203:27915. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.