El Goon Server
Online 198.73.57.178:28025 checked 10m 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 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 Sep, 17:10 UTC38d ago | 5 | – | running | 2 |
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 El Goon Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include El Goon 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 El Goon Server mean?
For the server browser, El Goon Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^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 El Goon Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,383 puts El Goon Server in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on El Goon Server right now?
0 players are on El Goon Server at the moment, out of 30 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is El Goon Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, El Goon Server is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 16 days 12 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 19 September 2026.
Does El Goon Server run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 96 server fps, with a low of 77. Entities reached a maximum of 70,577: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,031 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is El Goon Server located?
There is no region from El Goon Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 198.73.57.178:28025.
Which Rust version is El Goon Server on?
On Windows, El Goon Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on El Goon Server when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 5 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 25 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on El Goon Server?
El Goon Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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. The world it is running now dates from 38 days 2 hours.
The rules
Which map does El Goon Server run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 648252 is what El Goon 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 El Goon Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on El Goon Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join El Goon Server?
Enter client.connect 198.73.57.178:28025 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.