Aurora
Offline 185.189.255.19:35300 checked 33d 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 71% of all ranked servers, and #406 of the duo servers (top 89%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 9h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Aurora?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Aurora: Duo servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Aurora mean?
For the server browser, Aurora lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts2 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 2; v2632 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2632; cs161125 (Build): It's on game build 161125; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Aurora rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #16,733 puts Aurora in the top 71% of all ranked servers. The duo field places it at #406.
How many players are on Aurora right now?
Offline now, Aurora was last spotted 33 days 12 hours ago.
Server facts
Is Aurora online, and how reliable is it?
Aurora shows as offline, last spotted 33 days 12 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is Aurora located?
No region is published by Aurora. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 185.189.255.19:35300.
Which Rust version is Aurora on?
Rust network protocol 2632 and build 161125 is the version Aurora runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Aurora?
From the force wipe comes the estimate for Aurora's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 62 days 18 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
The rules
Which map does Aurora run?
A procedural map of 2,500 with seed 201236834 is what Aurora runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Aurora?
The name of Aurora says nothing about gather rate. The cap on groups is 2 players (duo). gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Aurora?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 185.189.255.19:35300. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.