Oxide Server
Offline 198.53.145.242:28015 checked 17d 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 61% 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 Oxide Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Oxide Server: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Oxide Server mean?
These are the tags Oxide Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Oxide Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Oxide Server at #13,504, in the top 61% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Oxide Server right now?
The last sighting of Oxide Server was 17 days 9 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is Oxide Server online, and how reliable is it?
Oxide Server shows as offline, last spotted 17 days 9 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 11 October 2026.
Where is Oxide Server located?
No region is published by Oxide Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 198.53.145.242:28015.
Which Rust version is Oxide Server on?
On Windows, Oxide Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Oxide Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Oxide Server to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 18 days 2 hours.
The rules
Which map does Oxide Server run?
The map on Oxide Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Oxide Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Oxide Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. 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. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Oxide Server?
Enter client.connect 198.53.145.242:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.