Builder Academy
Offline 45.45.238.131:28015 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 20 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 02:35 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 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 Builder Academy?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Builder Academy: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Builder Academy mean?
For the server browser, Builder Academy lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Builder Academy rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Builder Academy at #15,230, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Builder Academy right now?
Builder Academy went quiet 11 days 23 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server details
Is Builder Academy online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Builder Academy was last seen 11 days 23 hours ago. 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 13 September 2026.
Where is Builder Academy located?
No region is published by Builder Academy. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 45.45.238.131:28015.
Which Rust version is Builder Academy on?
On Linux, Builder Academy runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Builder Academy when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 20 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Builder Academy?
Builder Academy'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. 25 days 6 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Builder Academy?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Builder Academy. 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. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
Join up
How do I join Builder Academy?
Enter client.connect 45.45.238.131:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.