Public
Offline 176.61.162.189:28035 checked 5d 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 69% 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 1, 26 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 09:40 UTC13d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 14:14 UTC15d ago | 0 | – | 1.8 days | 1 |
| Fri 9 Oct, 15:03 UTC19d ago | 1 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | 7.9 days | 1 |
| Tue 29 Sep, 23:07 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | 1.8 days | 1 |
| Sat 26 Sep, 16:44 UTC32d ago | 1 | – | 3.3 days | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 12:41 UTC36d ago | 0 | – | 4.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 17:11 UTC41d ago | 1 | – | 4.8 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Public?
You'll find Public on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Public mean?
These are the tags Public publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 slots; 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): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Public rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,339 puts Public in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Public right now?
The last sighting of Public was 5 days 21 hours ago, and it is offline now. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server facts
Is Public online, and how reliable is it?
Public shows as offline, last spotted 5 days 21 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 1%, with 1 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 15 September 2026.
Where is Public located?
No region is published by Public. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 176.61.162.189:28035.
Which Rust version is Public on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Public runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Public when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 26 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Public?
There is no next wipe to predict on Public, because wipes come at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 13 days 21 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Public?
No gather rate appears in the name of Public. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the 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. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Public?
Enter client.connect 176.61.162.189:28035 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.