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Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.93:28024 checked 6m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 1 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#4,695top 21%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75103:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608003:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

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 21% 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 16h. The force wipe · high confidence

1.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 OctThu 1 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 16:54 UTC26d ago 1+1 queue – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 15:41 UTC27d ago 1 – 1.1 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust START Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust START Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it 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?

These are the tags Rust START Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #4,695, in the top 21% 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 1 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Look at 07:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

Server facts

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

Rust START Server is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 14 hours ago. 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 13 September 2026.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 65, and it never went below 44. Entities reached a maximum of 6,067: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,627 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. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 212.22.93.93:28024.

Which Rust version is Rust START Server on?

On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

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

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked, and 1 more were queued.

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. 26 days 10 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rust START Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 1605290779, the map on Rust START Server is procedural and 1,000 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust START Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust START Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the 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 on.

Join up

How do I join Rust START Server?

Enter client.connect 212.22.93.93:28024 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp1
Max players Slots: 1.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.