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Rust START Server

Offline 212.22.93.57:28014 checked 4h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 15 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,351top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe13d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123406:0014:0023:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608006:0014:0023:0007:0016:0001:00

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 69% 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 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

1.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 7

Coming wipes

7d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 1 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.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 16:09 UTC13d ago 2 – running 1
Thu 1 Oct, 23:15 UTC FW27d ago 2 halved by day 7 13.7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 00:01 UTC28d ago 2 – 1 days 0
Tue 29 Sep, 10:20 UTC29d ago 2 – 1.6 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 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust START Server: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp15 (Max players): There are 15 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): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe. 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?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,351 puts Rust START Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust START Server right now?

Rust START Server went quiet 4 hours ago and is offline at the moment. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

About the server

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

The server Rust START Server is not online now; 4 hours have passed since it was last seen. About 13 days 7 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. 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?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 61, and it never went below 15. The world carried as many as 32,486 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 2,652 MB of memory was used. 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. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 212.22.93.57:28014.

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 days

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

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 7.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

Wipes on Rust START Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 13 days 13 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does Rust START Server run?

The procedural map on Rust START Server measures 2,500 and comes from the game with seed 1449794684. 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. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join Rust START Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 212.22.93.57:28014. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp15
Max players There are 15 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 Game build: 167781.
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 A monthly wipe, synced to 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.