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Rust Server

Online 45.82.120.214:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#10,493top 47%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe17d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

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 22 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
15k10k15k20k22 Sep29 Sep7 Oct14 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Top 47% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

3.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 12 OctWed 7 OctSun 4 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 12 Oct, 02:52 UTC17d ago 1 – running 1
Wed 7 Oct, 17:57 UTC22d ago 2 held half 4.4 days 1
Sun 4 Oct, 02:54 UTC25d ago 2 held half 3.6 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 22:12 UTC26d ago 2 – 1.2 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

You'll find Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it 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 Server mean?

These are the tags Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Rust Server at #10,493, within the top 47% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

0 players are on Rust Server at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.

Server facts

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Server is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 6 days 18 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 22 September 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 109 server fps, with a low of 74. At its peak it held 67,936 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,082 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. 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 45.82.120.214:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

On Windows, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

There is no next wipe to predict on Rust Server, because wipes come at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 17 days 15 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Rust Server measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 296733043. 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 Rust Server?

The name of Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is 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. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 45.82.120.214:28015 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^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.