Sober Rust
Online 188.42.131.180:28015 checked 9m 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 12 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
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly 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 Sober Rust?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Sober Rust: 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 Sober Rust mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Sober Rust: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Sober Rust rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,338 puts Sober Rust in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Sober Rust right now?
The current tally at Sober Rust: 0 players across 50 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is Sober Rust online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Sober Rust is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 17 days 4 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 12 October 2026.
Does Sober Rust run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 60, and it never went below 59. Entities reached a maximum of 45,034: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,478 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Sober Rust located?
There is no region from Sober Rust. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 188.42.131.180:28015.
Which Rust version is Sober Rust on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version Sober Rust runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Sober Rust?
Sober Rust's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 17 days 6 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Sober Rust run?
A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 612351 is what Sober Rust 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 Sober Rust?
The name of Sober Rust says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Sober Rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 188.42.131.180:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting.