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Lil Dingus

Online 216.245.176.144:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 30 slots 0% full −1against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 6
Rank#3,299top 15%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020010:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

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 22 Oct. 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
12.5k5k7.5k10k22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 8 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 17:47 UTC6d ago 5 – 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.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Lil Dingus?

You'll find Lil Dingus on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Lil Dingus mean?

For the server browser, Lil Dingus lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Lil Dingus rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Lil Dingus at #3,299, within the top 15% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Lil Dingus right now?

0 players are on Lil Dingus at the moment, out of 30 slots. Peak for the week was 6, against an average of 1 players. Look at 22:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.

About the server

Is Lil Dingus online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Lil Dingus is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 4 days 4 hours ago. The last 6 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 143 out of 144 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 22 October 2026.

Does Lil Dingus run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 112 server fps, with a low of 100. The world carried as many as 77,667 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 3,102 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Lil Dingus located?

No region is published by Lil Dingus. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 216.245.176.144:28015.

Which Rust version is Lil Dingus on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Lil Dingus runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Lil Dingus when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 5 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 8 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Lil Dingus?

Lil Dingus's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 15 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Lil Dingus run?

Generated by the game with seed 465247702, the map on Lil Dingus is procedural and 3,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Lil Dingus?

The name of Lil Dingus says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Lil Dingus?

Enter client.connect 216.245.176.144:28015 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 mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp30
Max players It has 30 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
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 No region is listed.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^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.