RustSServer
Online 173.17.20.188:28015 checked 1h 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 22 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:28 UTC FW26d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 20:58 UTC30d ago | 3 | halved by day 1 | 4 days | 2 |
| Mon 21 Sep, 00:45 UTC37d ago | 1 | held half | 6.8 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.
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 RustSServer?
You'll find RustSServer on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on RustSServer mean?
These are the tags RustSServer publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^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. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does RustSServer rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place RustSServer at #13,664, in the top 61% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on RustSServer right now?
RustSServer is holding 0 players, with 10 slots in total. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is RustSServer online, and how reliable is it?
RustSServer is live at the moment. It was up 48% of the time over the last 7 full days, 80 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 20 September 2026.
Where is RustSServer located?
No region is published by RustSServer. 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 173.17.20.188:28015.
Which Rust version is RustSServer on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version RustSServer runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on RustSServer when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 22 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on RustSServer?
There is no next wipe to predict on RustSServer, because wipes come at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 26 days 20 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does RustSServer run?
RustSServer uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on RustSServer?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on RustSServer. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
How to join
How do I join RustSServer?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 173.17.20.188:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.