PUBLIC
Online 51.81.48.22:28044 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 14 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 17% 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 20, 11 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 03:24 UTC6d ago | 20 | – | running | 2 |
| Wed 21 Oct, 18:57 UTC6d ago | 23 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 01:48 UTC13d ago | 18 | halved by day 1 | 6.7 days | 2 |
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 PUBLIC?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include PUBLIC: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on PUBLIC mean?
These are the tags PUBLIC 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; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does PUBLIC rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #3,845 puts PUBLIC in the top 17% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on PUBLIC right now?
The current tally at PUBLIC: 0 players across 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 23. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 09:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Server details
Is PUBLIC online, and how reliable is it?
PUBLIC is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 2 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 149, a 89% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 14 October 2026.
Does PUBLIC run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 128, and it never went below 68. Entities reached a maximum of 998,324: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,868 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is PUBLIC located?
No region is published by PUBLIC. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 51.81.48.22:28044.
Which Rust version is PUBLIC on?
On Linux, PUBLIC runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on PUBLIC when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 20 players at their busiest. 11 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on PUBLIC?
No next wipe can be predicted for PUBLIC: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 6 days 4 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does PUBLIC run?
The procedural map on PUBLIC measures 5,000 and comes from the game with seed 1228719711. 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 PUBLIC?
The name of PUBLIC says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join PUBLIC?
Enter client.connect 51.81.48.22:28044 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.