Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.196:28044 checked 3h 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 5 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 22h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Server 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.
What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?
For the server browser, Rust START Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,879 puts Rust START Server in the top 63% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust START Server right now?
Rust START Server is holding 0 players, with 1 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
About the server
Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Rust START Server is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 9 days 21 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 5 October 2026.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 63 server fps, with a low of 31. The world carried as many as 48,601 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 2,865 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Rust START Server located?
No region is published by Rust START Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 212.22.93.196:28044.
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.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?
The estimate for the next wipe on Rust START Server rests on 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 23 days 5 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
The rules
Which map does Rust START Server run?
Generated by the game with seed 1605290779, the map on Rust START Server is procedural and 3,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust START Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust START Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Rust START Server?
Enter client.connect 212.22.93.196:28044 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.