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Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.119:28024 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 2 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#4,403top 20%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe2d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5202:0011:0020:0005:0014:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608002:0011:0020:0005:0014:0000:00

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 8 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct11 Oct16 Oct20 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 20% 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 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

3.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
20%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
33%
crowd held
else halves by day 4.5

Coming wipes

7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 26 OctThu 22 OctThu 15 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in, with 1 in the queue.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 10:16 UTC2d ago 2+1 queue – running 0
Thu 22 Oct, 19:27 UTC6d ago 2+1 queue held half 3.6 days 0
Thu 15 Oct, 12:27 UTC13d ago 2+1 queue halved by day 4 7.3 days 0
Wed 14 Oct, 19:18 UTC14d ago 2 – 0.7 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 12:51 UTC20d ago 1 halved by day 5 6.3 days 1
Wed 7 Oct, 19:33 UTC21d ago 1 – 0.7 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 Rust START Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust START Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?

These are the tags Rust START Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp2 (Max players): It has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #4,403, in the top 20% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust START Server right now?

0 players are on Rust START Server at the moment, out of 2 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Look at 14:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.

Server details

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

Rust START Server is live at the moment. About 15 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 7 October 2026.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 59, and it never went below 13. At its peak it held 126,075 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 3,196 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

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 212.22.93.119:28024.

Which Rust version is Rust START Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust START Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

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

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. With 1 in the queue, the latest wipe's crowd topped out 0 hours after the wipe. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 33% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 4.5.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Rust START Server, 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. The world it is running now dates from 2 days 15 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust START Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 685042857, the map on Rust START Server is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust START Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust START Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join Rust START Server?

Enter client.connect 212.22.93.119:28024 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp2
Max players It has 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

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

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.