The Rust Server
Offline 43.226.128.236:17280 checked 29d 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 27 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Rust Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Rust Server mean?
These are the tags The Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Rust Server at #16,850, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Rust Server right now?
The last sighting of The Rust Server was 29 days 18 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: The Rust Server was last seen 29 days 18 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 27 September 2026.
Where is The Rust Server located?
No region is published by The Rust 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 43.226.128.236:17280.
Which Rust version is The Rust Server on?
On Linux, The Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
The Rust Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 32 days 2 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does The Rust Server run?
Generated by the game with seed 1112022, the map on The Rust Server is procedural and 4,250 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join The Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 43.226.128.236:17280. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://minekuai.com.