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Phool's Gold

Online 198.73.57.166:28035 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 30 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,358top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe54d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123404:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Phool's Gold?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Phool's Gold: 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 Phool's Gold mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Phool's Gold: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp30 (Max players): Slots: 30; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs163207 (Build): It's on game build 163207; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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.

The players

How does Phool's Gold rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Phool's Gold at #15,358, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Phool's Gold right now?

0 players are on Phool's Gold at the moment, out of 30 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

About the server

Is Phool's Gold online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Phool's Gold is online. About 13 days 14 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Phool's Gold run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 90, with 75 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 118,736: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 6,118 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Phool's Gold located?

There is no region from Phool's Gold. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 198.73.57.166:28035.

Which Rust version is Phool's Gold on?

On Windows, Phool's Gold runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Phool's Gold?

Phool's Gold's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 54 days 8 hours is when the present world was made.

The rules

Which map does Phool's Gold run?

Generated by the game with seed 648252, the map on Phool's Gold is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Phool's Gold?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Phool's Gold. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join Phool's Gold?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.73.57.166:28035. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163207,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp30
Max players Slots: 30.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2633
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633.
cs163207
Build It's on game build 163207.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.