The Rust Server
Offline 43.227.71.122:20326 checked 11d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% 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. 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?
These are the tags The Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): It has 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; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,258 puts The Rust Server in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Rust Server right now?
The last sighting of The Rust Server was 11 days 19 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
The Rust Server shows as offline, last spotted 11 days 19 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 12 October 2026.
Where is The Rust Server located?
There is no region from 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. Connect at 43.227.71.122:20326.
Which Rust version is The Rust Server on?
On Linux, The Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
The record of The Rust Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 16 days 23 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does The Rust Server run?
A procedural map is what The Rust Server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Rust Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. 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 43.227.71.122:20326. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.