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A Rust Server

Online NA 40.160.2.225:28015 checked 1h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,426top 69% · #1534 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe25d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe2d 20hSat 31 Oct, 15:04 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Saturday 31 October, 15:04 UTC, in 2d 20h. Its biweekly schedule tag · low confidence

18.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

2d 20hSat 31 Oct, 15:04 UTC
8d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
16d 20hSat 14 Nov, 15:04 UTC
30d 20hSat 28 Nov, 15:04 UTC
36d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
44d 20hSat 12 Dec, 15:04 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 3 OctMon 14 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 15:04 UTC25d ago 0 – running 0
Mon 14 Sep, 20:47 UTC43d ago 0 – 18.8 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 A Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include A Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

For the server browser, A Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, A Rust Server sits at #15,426, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,534 in North America.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

0 players are on A Rust Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server facts

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

As of now, A Rust Server is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 5 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 103, and it never went below 73. Entities reached a maximum of 47,389: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,503 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is A Rust Server located?

A Rust Server uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 40.160.2.225:28015.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

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

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Too few wipes are recorded on A Rust Server to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. Come Saturday 31 October at 15:04 UTC, the next wipe is expected. Its current world has been live for 25 days 3 hours. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of one wipe every two weeks.

Rules and settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 1 is what A Rust Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name of A Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 40.160.2.225:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^b,NA,^p,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp40
Max players Slots: 40.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks it wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.