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A Rust Server

Offline NA 51.161.199.206:28050 checked 18h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ ? slots
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#6,827top 31% · #1069 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe1d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75112:0018:0000:0005:0011:0017:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 03:33 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
01020304012:0018:0000:0005:0011:0017:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 03:33 UTCWIPE

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 31% of all ranked servers, top 57% in NA. 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 7h. The force wipe · high confidence

7.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
67%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

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

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 20 OctThu 15 OctWed 7 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, 2 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 03:33 UTC1d ago – – running 1
Tue 20 Oct, 07:58 UTC9d ago 1 halved by day 1 7.8 days 0
Thu 15 Oct, 09:24 UTC14d ago 1 halved by day 1 4.9 days 0
Wed 7 Oct, 22:54 UTC21d ago 1 halved by day 1 7.4 days 1

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

Who runs A Rust Server?

A Rust Server and 6 other servers we track publish a spoonkidrust.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.

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

These Rust Pop Watch lists include A Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

For the server browser, A Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp0 (Max players): It has 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^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; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, A Rust Server sits at #6,827, inside the top 31% of ranked servers and at #1,069 in North America.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

The last sighting of A Rust Server was 18 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 01:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server facts

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

The server A Rust Server is not online now; 18 hours have passed since it was last seen. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 12 hours ago. It was up 96% of the time over the last 7 full days, 162 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 40 server fps, with a low of 40. Entities reached a maximum of 35,125: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,075 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is A Rust Server located?

A Rust Server uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 51.161.199.206:28050.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

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

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 2 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. The crowd fell under half by day 1 whenever it did not hold.

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. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 32 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Rules and settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map of 1,000 with seed 3908 is what A Rust Server runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on A Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.161.199.206:28050. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp0
Max players It has 0 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

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.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.