Live 97,865 players 11,882 servers online 398 fresh wipes in 3 hours Refreshed every five minutes

Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

Camera-shy: no banner published NTAI Onlineright now +1since yesterday
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NTAI

Online 203.16.163.141:28668 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 40 slots 2% full +1against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 4
Rank#5,626top 25%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
No wipesresets6 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe–resets, no wipes
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0011:0019:0001:0008:0015:00

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 27 Oct. 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
12.5k5k7.5k10k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

New worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 15:47 UTC1d ago – – – 2
Wed 28 Oct, 10:27 UTC1d ago – – – 1
Tue 27 Oct, 22:32 UTC1d ago – – – 1
Tue 27 Oct, 22:13 UTC1d ago – – – 2
Tue 27 Oct, 20:52 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 20:29 UTC1d ago – – – 3
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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include NTAI?

You'll find NTAI on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on NTAI mean?

These are the tags NTAI publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 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; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does NTAI rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #5,626 puts NTAI in the top 25% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on NTAI right now?

1 players are on NTAI at the moment, out of 40 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 4. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Server details

Is NTAI online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, NTAI is up and running. About 23 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Over the last 1 full day it was up 58% of the time, 14 of 24 hours. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 27 October 2026.

Does NTAI run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 221, and it never went below 188. The world carried as many as 31,460 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 3,585 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is NTAI located?

No region is published by NTAI. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 203.16.163.141:28668.

Which Rust version is NTAI on?

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

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on NTAI?

A new world arrives on NTAI every few hours, which means there is no wipe schedule to follow and no reset that counts as a wipe.

Map and rules

Which map does NTAI run?

A procedural map of 2,500 with seed 1322277 is what NTAI 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 NTAI?

No gather rate appears in the name of NTAI. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. 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.

Getting in

How do I join NTAI?

Enter client.connect 203.16.163.141:28668 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp40
Max players There are 40 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.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^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.