Rust
Offline 45.81.233.169:28015 checked 17d 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 7 Oct. 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 Oct, 15:17 UTC20d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 7 Oct, 08:15 UTC21d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust: Modded Rust 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 Rust mean?
These are the tags Rust publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust at #15,750, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust right now?
Offline now, Rust was last spotted 17 days 2 hours ago.
About the server
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Rust was last seen 17 days 2 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 7 October 2026.
Where is Rust located?
No region is published by Rust. 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 45.81.233.169:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version Rust runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 5 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
The record of Rust'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. 21 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
Generated by the game with seed 12345, the map on Rust is procedural and 3,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Rust?
Enter client.connect 45.81.233.169:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.