Balls
Offline 193.228.206.156:28015 checked 19d 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 72% 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Balls?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Balls: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Balls mean?
For the server browser, Balls lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): It's on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^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 Balls rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Balls at #15,789, within the top 72% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Balls right now?
Balls went quiet 19 days 22 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is Balls online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Balls was last seen 19 days 22 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 8 October 2026.
Where is Balls located?
No region is published by Balls. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 193.228.206.156:28015.
Which Rust version is Balls on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 is the version Balls runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Balls?
Too few wipes are on record for Balls to reveal its rhythm. 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 22 days.
The rules
Which map does Balls run?
Balls uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Balls?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Balls. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Balls?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 193.228.206.156:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.