the boys
Online 20.80.22.47:28015 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 27 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 57% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 23:03 UTC9h ago | – | – | running | 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.
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 the boys?
You'll find the boys on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on the boys mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from the boys: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does the boys rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place the boys at #12,649, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on the boys right now?
0 players are on the boys at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 23:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is the boys online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, the boys is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 7 hours ago. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 27 October 2026.
Does the boys run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 239, with 231 as the lowest. At its peak it held 43,409 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 1,708 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is the boys located?
No region is published by the boys. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 20.80.22.47:28015.
Which Rust version is the boys on?
On Linux, the boys runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on the boys?
the boys'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 9 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does the boys run?
Generated by the game with seed 4820194, the map on the boys is procedural and 2,500 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 the boys?
No gather rate appears in the name of the boys. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join the boys?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 20.80.22.47:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.