The Rust Server
Offline 43.226.58.236:17280 checked 25d 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 29 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
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:08 UTC FW28d ago | 0 | – | running | 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 The Rust Server?
You'll find The Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters 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?
For the server browser, The Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,962 puts The Rust Server in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Rust Server right now?
The Rust Server went quiet 25 days 1 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server The Rust Server is not online now; 25 days 1 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 29 September 2026.
Where is The Rust Server located?
There is no region from The Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 43.226.58.236:17280.
Which Rust version is The Rust Server on?
On Linux, The Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Rust Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
The Rust Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 28 days.
Map and 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. 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 The Rust Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Rust Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join The Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 43.226.58.236:17280. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://minekuai.com.