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A Rust Server

Online 45.61.173.40:28049 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 1 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,310top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. 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 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 22:34 UTC FW27d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?

You'll find A Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Server: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 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; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,310 puts A Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

A Rust Server is holding 0 players, with 1 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server facts

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, A Rust Server is online. About 19 days 7 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 A Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 238, with 231 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 4,807: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,085 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is A Rust Server located?

There is no region from A 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 45.61.173.40:28049.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for A Rust Server, tied to 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. Its current world has been live for 27 days 19 hours.

The rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map of 2,500 with seed 1337 is what A Rust Server runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Rust Server. 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. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join A Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 45.61.173.40:28049 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^v,gmvanilla,cs167398,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp1
Max players It has 1 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.
cs167398
Build Game build: 167398.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.