Rust
Offline 178.46.164.19:28015 checked 8h 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 3 Oct. 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 11:29 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 02:56 UTC13d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 20:31 UTC13d ago | 1 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 11:03 UTC16d ago | 2 | held half | 3.4 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 10:14 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | 7 days | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:24 UTC24d ago | 2 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 02:52 UTC27d ago | 0 | – | 2.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 10 Sep, 20:29 UTC47d ago | – | – | 20.3 days | 1 |
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 Rust?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust: Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Rust at #15,396, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust right now?
Offline now, Rust was last spotted 8 hours ago. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Rust shows as offline, last spotted 8 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is Rust located?
There is no region from Rust. 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 178.46.164.19:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
There is no next wipe to predict on Rust, 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. Its current world has been live for 12 days 17 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
The procedural map on Rust measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 508605506. 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 Rust?
The name of Rust says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The plugin count is Oxide. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Rust?
Enter client.connect 178.46.164.19:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.