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A Rust Server

Online 5.135.108.216:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,269top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe11d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0022:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040003:0012:0022:0007:0016:0001:00

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 26 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
15k10k15k20k26 Sep3 Oct10 Oct16 Oct23 Oct30 Oct

Top 69% 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.

3.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 18 OctFri 16 OctTue 13 Oct
00.250.50.751+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
Sun 18 Oct, 10:42 UTC11d ago 1 – running 1
Fri 16 Oct, 18:48 UTC13d ago 1 – 1.7 days 0
Tue 13 Oct, 16:45 UTC16d ago 1 halved by day 1 3.1 days 0
Tue 6 Oct, 19:16 UTC23d ago 1 halved by day 3 6.9 days 1
Fri 2 Oct, 12:55 UTC27d ago 1 halved by day 2 4.3 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.

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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 A Rust Server?

You'll find A 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; 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): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $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. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #15,269, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

0 players are on A Rust Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server details

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

Right now, A Rust Server is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 7 days 9 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 26 September 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 222, with 161 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 83,191 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 6,830 MB of memory was used. 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. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 5.135.108.216:28015.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

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

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for A Rust Server: its wipes happen at irregular times. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 11 days 16 hours is when the present world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

The procedural map on A Rust Server measures 3,750 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

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. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 5.135.108.216:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
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 It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$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.