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Rusty Moose |US Monthly|

Online NA 205.178.168.52:28010 checked 1h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 74/ 200 slots 37% full −21−22%against this time yesterday
7-day average114peak 204
Rank#139top 0.6% · #30 in NA
RegionNANA · group 12 max
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
05010015020019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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
110020030040020 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 0.6% of all ranked servers, top 2% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

901
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02505007501k+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 901, 4 hours in, with 249 in the queue.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:00 UTC FW27d ago 901+249 queue – running 67

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.

Tags

Who runs Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

A moose.gg hostname is published by Rusty Moose |US Monthly| and by 28 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rusty Moose |US Monthly|: Official Rust servers, watched, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| mean?

These are the tags Rusty Moose |US Monthly| publishes for the browser: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp200 (Max players): Slots: 200; ts12 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 12; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| sits at #139, inside the top 0.6% of ranked servers and at #30 in North America.

How many players are on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| right now?

74 players are on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| at the moment, out of 200 slots. Averaging 114 players across seven days, it topped out at 204. Look at 01:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 181 players on average.

Server facts

Is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 29. At its peak it held 455,051 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 12,135 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| located?

In North America, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| lists itself with its NA tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 205.178.168.52:28010.

Which Rust version is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| on?

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

Wipe times

What happens on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 901 players. With 249 in the queue, the latest wipe's crowd topped out 4 hours after the wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rusty Moose |US Monthly|, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 27 days. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| run?

A procedural map of 4,750 with seed 1337 is what Rusty Moose |US Monthly| runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. Moose Maps is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

The name of Rusty Moose |US Monthly| says nothing about gather rate. Teams can reach 12 players. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. The server's own word for it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Joining requires Rust's premium status. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Enter client.connect 205.178.168.52:28010 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. Joining requires Rust's premium status. You can find its website at https://moose.gg.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts12

On Rust Pop Watch

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp200
Max players Slots: 200.
ts12
Group limit Each team is capped at 12.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Joining requires Rust's premium status.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.