RUSTY METAL
Online 51.81.167.181:60402 checked 11m 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 23 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 13% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 17 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 01:14 UTC10d ago | 4 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:43 UTC FW26d ago | 4 | held half | 16.1 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 22:53 UTC34d ago | 4 | halved by day 2 | 8 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RUSTY METAL?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RUSTY METAL: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on RUSTY METAL mean?
These are the tags RUSTY METAL publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 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; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^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.
The players
How does RUSTY METAL rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #2,784 puts RUSTY METAL in the top 13% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on RUSTY METAL right now?
The current tally at RUSTY METAL: 1 players across 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 4. Look at 03:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 3 players on average.
Server facts
Is RUSTY METAL online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, RUSTY METAL is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 14 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 22 September 2026.
Does RUSTY METAL run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 128, with 74 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 127,291 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,106 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is RUSTY METAL located?
There is no region from RUSTY METAL. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 51.81.167.181:60402.
Which Rust version is RUSTY METAL on?
On Linux, RUSTY METAL runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on RUSTY METAL when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 4 players. 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 50% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on RUSTY METAL?
RUSTY METAL wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 10 days 3 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Rules and settings
Which map does RUSTY METAL run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1337 is what RUSTY METAL runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on RUSTY METAL?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on RUSTY METAL. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join RUSTY METAL?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.81.167.181:60402. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.