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Builders Like Us

Offline 172.240.236.179:28015 checked 10d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 125 slots 2% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#11,513top 52%
Region–no continent published · group 32 max
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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 Sep4 Oct12 Oct19 Oct26 Oct

Top 52% 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 7d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence

17
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 6hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 17, 2 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:44 UTC FW27d ago 17 – running 7

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 Builders Like Us?

You'll find Builders Like Us on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live, Rust creative servers, watched, The roleplay set, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Roleplay ^r, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Builders Like Us mean?

For the server browser, Builders Like Us lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp125 (Max players): It has 125 slots; ts32 (Group limit): Teams cap at 32 players; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167231 (Build): It's on game build 167231; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^c (Creative): Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering; ^k (Build server): Base-building practice and design; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^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 Builders Like Us rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Builders Like Us at #11,513, within the top 52% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Builders Like Us right now?

Builders Like Us went quiet 10 days 4 hours ago and is offline at the moment.

About the server

Is Builders Like Us online, and how reliable is it?

The server Builders Like Us is not online now; 10 days 4 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Where is Builders Like Us located?

Its name points to North America, although Builders Like Us publishes no region tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 172.240.236.179:28015.

Which Rust version is Builders Like Us on?

On Linux, Builders Like Us runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Builders Like Us when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 17 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 2 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Builders Like Us?

Wipes on Builders Like Us come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 19 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does Builders Like Us run?

Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on Builders Like Us is procedural and 5,000 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Builders Like Us?

No gather rate appears in the name of Builders Like Us. Teams can reach 32 players. building in a sandbox, with no gathering: that is the build & creative mode. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Builders Like Us?

Enter client.connect 172.240.236.179:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/MwWEY9pxq8.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp125,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^r,^c,^k,gmrust,cs167231,ts32,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp125
Max players It has 125 slots.
ts32
Group limit Teams cap at 32 players.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167231
Build It's on game build 167231.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay Roleplay is the focus here.
^c
Creative Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering.
^k
Build server Base-building practice and design.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.