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Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.106:28014 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 10 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#15,017top 67%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123409:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020009:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00

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 67% of all ranked servers. 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 7d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 10hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 4 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 11:49 UTC26d ago 1 – 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.

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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 Rust START Server?

You'll find Rust START Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?

These are the tags Rust START Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #15,017, in the top 67% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust START Server right now?

The current tally at Rust START Server: 0 players across 10 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

About the server

Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust START Server is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 117 server fps, with a low of 10. At its peak it held 48,525 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,578 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Rust START Server located?

There is no region from Rust START Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 212.22.93.106:28014.

Which Rust version is Rust START Server on?

On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Rust START Server when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 4 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

Wipes on Rust START Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 21 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rust START Server run?

A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 1605290779 is what Rust START 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 Rust START Server?

The name of Rust START Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Rust START Server?

Enter client.connect 212.22.93.106:28014 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp10
Max players Slots: 10.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework called Carbon is running here.

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.