The Rust Experiment
Online 173.170.243.109:28015 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 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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 2, 26 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 00:49 UTC27d 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 The Rust Experiment?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Rust Experiment: 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.
What do the server tags on The Rust Experiment mean?
These are the tags The Rust Experiment publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Rust Experiment rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Rust Experiment at #5,481, in the top 25% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Rust Experiment right now?
0 players are on The Rust Experiment at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
About the server
Is The Rust Experiment online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The Rust Experiment is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 9 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does The Rust Experiment run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 30. The world carried as many as 66,336 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 1,991 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Rust Experiment located?
There is no region from The Rust Experiment. 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 173.170.243.109:28015.
Which Rust version is The Rust Experiment on?
On Windows, The Rust Experiment runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Rust Experiment when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 26 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Experiment?
The Rust Experiment's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 3 hours.
The rules
Which map does The Rust Experiment run?
The procedural map on The Rust Experiment measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 609568408. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Experiment?
The name of The Rust Experiment says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join The Rust Experiment?
Enter client.connect 173.170.243.109:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.