Area 51
Offline 51.89.195.13:26000 checked 45d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Area 51?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Area 51: 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 Area 51 mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Area 51: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs163794 (Build): It's on game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Area 51 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Area 51 at #15,049, in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Area 51 right now?
Area 51 went quiet 45 days 5 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Area 51 online, and how reliable is it?
Area 51 shows as offline, last spotted 45 days 5 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is Area 51 located?
There is no region from Area 51. 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 51.89.195.13:26000.
Which Rust version is Area 51 on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is the version Area 51 runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Area 51?
The record of Area 51's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. 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. Its current world has been live for 55 days 8 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Area 51 run?
The map on Area 51 is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Area 51?
No gather rate appears in the name of Area 51. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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.
Join up
How do I join Area 51?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.89.195.13:26000. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.