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Launcher rust

Online 5.39.17.28:22480 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,284top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe20d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123402:0011:0021:0006:0015:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 5 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct10 Oct15 Oct20 Oct25 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.

2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
6
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

Fri 9 OctWed 7 OctMon 5 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 9 Oct, 13:05 UTC20d ago 3 – running 1
Wed 7 Oct, 12:54 UTC22d ago 8 held half 2 days 0
Mon 5 Oct, 11:39 UTC24d ago 8 held half 2.1 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

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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Launcher rust?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Launcher rust: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Launcher rust mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Launcher rust: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs167058 (Build): Game build: 167058; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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 Launcher rust rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,284 puts Launcher rust in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Launcher rust right now?

The current tally at Launcher rust: 0 players across 40 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is Launcher rust online, and how reliable is it?

Launcher rust is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 41 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 5 October 2026.

Does Launcher rust run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 230 server fps, with a low of 153. Entities reached a maximum of 28,567: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,767 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Launcher rust located?

There is no region from Launcher rust. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 5.39.17.28:22480.

Which Rust version is Launcher rust on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167058 is the version Launcher rust runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on Launcher rust when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 6 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 100% of the time.

What is the wipe schedule on Launcher rust?

No next wipe can be predicted for Launcher rust: 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. The world it is running now dates from 20 days 12 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Launcher rust run?

The procedural map on Launcher rust measures 2,500 and comes from the game with seed 30464677. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Launcher rust?

The name of Launcher rust says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. 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 on.

Getting in

How do I join Launcher rust?

Enter client.connect 5.39.17.28:22480 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167058,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp40
Max players There are 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167058
Build Game build: 167058.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.