RUST Server
Online 198.73.57.161:28025 checked 12m 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 11 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 38% 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 RUST Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include RUST Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on RUST Server mean?
These are the tags RUST Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; 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.
Population
How does RUST Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #8,357 puts RUST Server in the top 38% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on RUST Server right now?
0 players are on RUST Server at the moment, out of 30 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 03:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
About the server
Is RUST Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, RUST Server is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 6 days 8 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 11 October 2026.
Does RUST Server run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 104 server fps, with a low of 72. The world carried as many as 71,474 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,885 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is RUST Server located?
No region is published by RUST Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 198.73.57.161:28025.
Which Rust version is RUST Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version RUST Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on RUST Server?
RUST Server'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 15 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does RUST Server run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 648252 is what RUST Server 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 RUST Server?
The name of RUST Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join RUST Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.73.57.161:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.