WorldWar III
Online EU 192.36.155.232:28015 checked 14m 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 49% of all ranked servers, top 80% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 23 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:09 UTC FW26d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include WorldWar III?
You'll find WorldWar III on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on WorldWar III mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from WorldWar III: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; 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; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does WorldWar III rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, WorldWar III sits at #11,001, inside the top 49% of ranked servers and at #2,331 in Europe.
How many players are on WorldWar III right now?
0 players are on WorldWar III at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2.
About the server
Is WorldWar III online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, WorldWar III is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 11 hours ago. It was up 96% of the time over the last 7 full days, 162 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does WorldWar III run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 59 server fps, with a low of 55. The world carried as many as 71,362 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,081 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is WorldWar III located?
With its EU tag, WorldWar III lists itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 192.36.155.232:28015.
Which Rust version is WorldWar III on?
On Windows, WorldWar III runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on WorldWar III when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 23 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on WorldWar III?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for WorldWar III, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 26 days 17 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
Which map does WorldWar III run?
The procedural map on WorldWar III measures 4,096 and comes from the game with seed 1337. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: Dreamland.
What are the rules and settings on WorldWar III?
No gather rate appears in the name of WorldWar III. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its listing in the server browser. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join WorldWar III?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 192.36.155.232:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/RWMG9RZRqa.