Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.196:28054 checked 11m 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 15 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 68% 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 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 17:20 UTC13d ago | 3 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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: 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 2 weeks.
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; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Rust START Server at #15,168, within the top 68% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust START Server right now?
The current tally at Rust START Server: 0 players across 10 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Rust START Server is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 13 days 4 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 15 October 2026.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 63, with 44 as the lowest. At its peak it held 16,951 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 1,934 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?
There is no region from 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 212.22.93.196:28054.
Which Rust version is Rust START Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version Rust START Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on Rust START Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 3 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
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. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 13 days 6 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
Which map does Rust START Server run?
A procedural map of 2,000 with seed 13825 is what Rust START Server runs, made by the game. 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. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Rust START Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 212.22.93.196:28054. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.