Rust Dev Server
Online 23.109.63.157:28080 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 23% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 23 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 20:51 UTC6d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 16:44 UTC26d ago | 1 | halved by day 7 | 20.2 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Dev Server?
You'll find Rust Dev Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters 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 Rust Dev Server mean?
For the server browser, Rust Dev Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^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.
Population
How does Rust Dev Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust Dev Server at #5,194, in the top 23% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Dev Server right now?
The current tally at Rust Dev Server: 1 players across 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 12:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is Rust Dev Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Rust Dev Server is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 32 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Rust Dev Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 239, and it never went below 234. At its peak it held 9,745 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 1,120 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Rust Dev Server located?
No region is published by Rust Dev 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 23.109.63.157:28080.
Which Rust version is Rust Dev Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Dev Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Rust Dev Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 23 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 7 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Dev Server?
Rust Dev Server'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. 6 days 18 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust Dev Server run?
A procedural map of 1,500 with seed 289356 is what Rust Dev 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 Dev Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Dev 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. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
How to join
How do I join Rust Dev Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 23.109.63.157:28080. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.