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Voodoo ZA

Online AF 41.193.158.50:27999 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 10
Rank#2,807top 13% · #7 in AF
RegionAFAF · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
02.557.51003:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 23% in AF. 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

13
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

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 28 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:51 UTC FW27d ago 13 – running 2

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 Voodoo ZA?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Voodoo ZA: Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Voodoo ZA mean?

These are the tags Voodoo ZA publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; 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): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins; AF (Africa): In the server browser it sits under Africa. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Voodoo ZA rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Voodoo ZA sits at #2,807, inside the top 13% of ranked servers and at #7 in Africa.

How many players are on Voodoo ZA right now?

0 players are on Voodoo ZA at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 10. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 8 players.

Server facts

Is Voodoo ZA online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Voodoo ZA is online. About 2 days 12 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 Voodoo ZA run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 257, and it never went below 104. Entities reached a maximum of 90,300: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,545 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Voodoo ZA located?

In Africa, Voodoo ZA lists itself with its AF tag. 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 41.193.158.50:27999.

Which Rust version is Voodoo ZA on?

On Linux, Voodoo ZA 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 Voodoo ZA when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 13 players at their busiest. 28 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Voodoo ZA?

Wipes on Voodoo ZA come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 27 days 8 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does Voodoo ZA run?

Generated by the game with seed 164068669, the map on Voodoo ZA is procedural and 3,700 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 Voodoo ZA?

No gather rate appears in the name of Voodoo ZA. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its listing in the server browser. Carbon plugins power it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join Voodoo ZA?

Enter client.connect 41.193.158.50:27999 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/D7JYfcdTBV.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^m,^v,AF,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players There are 100 slots.
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 It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

^y
Carbon This server uses Carbon for plugins.

Region

AF
Africa In the server browser it sits 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.