Rusty Balloon Knot
Offline 172.240.53.131:2856 checked 15d 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. 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 2, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:02 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusty Balloon Knot?
You'll find Rusty Balloon Knot on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rusty Balloon Knot mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rusty Balloon Knot: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp150 (Max players): Slots: 150; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): It's on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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.
Population
How does Rusty Balloon Knot rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rusty Balloon Knot at #15,230, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rusty Balloon Knot right now?
Offline now, Rusty Balloon Knot was last spotted 15 days 1 hours ago.
Server details
Is Rusty Balloon Knot online, and how reliable is it?
The server Rusty Balloon Knot is not online now; 15 days 1 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 1 October 2026.
Where is Rusty Balloon Knot located?
No region is published by Rusty Balloon Knot. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 172.240.53.131:2856.
Which Rust version is Rusty Balloon Knot on?
On Linux, Rusty Balloon Knot runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Rusty Balloon Knot when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 25 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Balloon Knot?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rusty Balloon Knot, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 27 days 5 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1862422565 is what Rusty Balloon Knot 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 Rusty Balloon Knot?
The name of Rusty Balloon Knot says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Rusty Balloon Knot?
Enter client.connect 172.240.53.131:2856 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.