TheDuckPond
Offline 51.81.176.97:25586 checked 15d 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 3 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11 Oct, 23:01 UTC17d ago | 2 | – | running | 2 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 00:51 UTC18d ago | 2 | – | 0.9 days | 1 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 04:06 UTC23d ago | 2 | held half | 4.9 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:44 UTC25d ago | 2 | held half | 2.2 days | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 01:40 UTC26d ago | 3 | – | 0.9 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include TheDuckPond?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include TheDuckPond: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on TheDuckPond mean?
These are the tags TheDuckPond publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167584 (Build): Game build: 167584; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^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 TheDuckPond rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank TheDuckPond at #15,299, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on TheDuckPond right now?
The last sighting of TheDuckPond was 15 days 19 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is TheDuckPond online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: TheDuckPond was last seen 15 days 19 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 3 October 2026.
Where is TheDuckPond located?
There is no region from TheDuckPond. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 51.81.176.97:25586.
Which Rust version is TheDuckPond on?
On Linux, TheDuckPond runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on TheDuckPond 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. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on TheDuckPond?
There is no next wipe to predict on TheDuckPond, because wipes come 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 17 days 15 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does TheDuckPond run?
The procedural map on TheDuckPond measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 142150012. 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 TheDuckPond?
The name of TheDuckPond says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join TheDuckPond?
Enter client.connect 51.81.176.97:25586 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.