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Kai

Online 199.60.101.90:28035 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 30 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#8,036top 36%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe3d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75118:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

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 36% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

9.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 4.5

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 26 OctSat 10 OctThu 8 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 07:13 UTC3d ago 1 – running 0
Sat 10 Oct, 05:00 UTC19d ago 1 halved by day 8 16.1 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 02:48 UTC21d ago 1 halved by day 1 2.1 days 0

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.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Kai?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Kai: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Kai mean?

For the server browser, Kai lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): Slots: 30; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 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 code has been set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Kai rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Kai at #8,036, within the top 36% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Kai right now?

The current tally at Kai: 0 players across 30 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 00:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server facts

Is Kai online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Kai is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 3 days 7 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Kai run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 81 server fps, with a low of 60. The world carried as many as 70,193 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 2,675 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Kai located?

No region is published by Kai. 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 199.60.101.90:28035.

Which Rust version is Kai on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Kai runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Kai when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 4.5.

What is the wipe schedule on Kai?

No next wipe can be predicted for Kai: its wipes happen at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 3 days 9 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Kai run?

Generated by the game with seed 1215, the map on Kai is procedural and 3,500 in size. 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 Kai?

The name of Kai says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join Kai?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 199.60.101.90:28035. 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?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp30
Max players Slots: 30.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 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 code has been set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.

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.