Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 11m 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 69% 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Africa?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Africa: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Africa mean?
These are the tags Africa publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp30 (Max players): There are 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2631; cs156658 (Build): It's on game build 156658; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Africa rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Africa at #15,335, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Africa right now?
0 players are on Africa at the moment, out of 30 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is Africa online, and how reliable is it?
Africa is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 10 days 19 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 13 September 2026.
Does Africa run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 88, and it never went below 61. The world carried as many as 100,086 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,926 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Africa located?
Its name points to Africa, although Africa publishes no region tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 198.73.57.173:28015.
Which Rust version is Africa on?
On Windows, Africa runs Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Africa?
The record of Africa's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 117 days 1 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
Which map does Africa run?
The procedural map on Africa measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 1104. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Africa?
No gather rate appears in the name of Africa. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Africa?
Enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.