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Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.200:28014 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 1 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#4,814top 22%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe17d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75101:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 22% 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 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 18hThu 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, 6 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 11 Oct, 22:15 UTC17d 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 Oxide ^o; 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): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; 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; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed 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 #4,814, within the top 22% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust START Server right now?

The current tally at Rust START Server: 0 players across 1 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 09:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server details

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

Right now, Rust START Server is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 4 days 23 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 144, a 86% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 66 server fps, with a low of 62. Entities reached a maximum of 48,404: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,365 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

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. You'll find it at 212.22.93.200:28014.

Which Rust version is Rust START Server on?

On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

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

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 6 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

Wipes on Rust START Server come once a month, alongside 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. Its current world has been live for 17 days 2 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does Rust START Server run?

The procedural map on Rust START Server measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 1605290779. 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?

No gather rate appears in the name of 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. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.

Join up

How do I join Rust START Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 212.22.93.200:28014. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp1
Max players There are 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.