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Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST

Online AF · af 34.35.168.89:28015 checked 10m ago

3x weekly wipes moddedoxide
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Vital stats

Players now 3/ 100 slots 3% full +3against this time yesterday
7-day average4peak 15
Rank#1,490top 7% · #1 in AF
RegionafAF · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe11hThu 29 Oct, 19:04 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
02.557.51008:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608008:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

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 7% of all ranked servers, top 3% in AF. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 19:04 UTC, in 11h. Every Thursday at 19:04 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
83%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
25%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

Coming wipes

11hThu 29 Oct, 19:04 UTC
7d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 11hThu 12 Nov, 19:04 UTC
21d 11hThu 19 Nov, 19:04 UTC
28d 11hThu 26 Nov, 19:04 UTC
35d 11hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 11hThu 10 Dec, 19:04 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 15, 22 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 19:04 UTC6d ago 15 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 19:05 UTC13d ago 4 held half 7 days 2
Thu 8 Oct, 19:04 UTC20d ago 4 halved by day 3 7 days 3
Tue 6 Oct, 22:20 UTC22d ago 4 – 1.9 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 19:04 UTC34d ago 2 halved by day 3 12.1 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 19:04 UTC41d ago 3 halved by day 1 7 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST: 3x Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 3x.

What do the server tags on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST mean?

These are the tags Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $raf (Region code): Coded to region af; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; AF (Africa): The server browser lists it under Africa. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST rank against other Rust servers?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST takes #1,490 on seven-day player hours, a top 7% spot overall and #1 across Africa.

How many players are on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST right now?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is holding 3 players, with 100 slots in total. Averaging 4 players across seven days, it topped out at 15. Look at 18:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 9 players on average.

Server details

Is Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST online, and how reliable is it?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is live at the moment. About 2 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. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 60, with 60 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 51,621: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,353 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST located?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST uses the AF tag to list itself in Africa, and the region code is af. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 34.35.168.89:28015.

Which Rust version is Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST on?

On Linux, Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 8 players. 22 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 25% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

The wipe rhythm on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is every Thursday at 19:04 UTC. Thursday 29 October at 19:04 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. Its current world has been live for 6 days 12 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

The rules

Which map does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST run?

Generated by the game with seed 648404231, the map on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is procedural and 2,750 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 Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Going by its name, Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST runs 3x gather. 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. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Enter client.connect 34.35.168.89:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://rustaroo.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$raf,v2635,^w,AF,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players It has 100 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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$raf
Region code Coded to region af.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

AF
Africa The server browser lists it under Africa.

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.