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A Rust Server

Offline 57.128.229.173:25570 checked 1d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 40 slots 5% full
7-day average2peak 5
Rank#4,712top 21%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe2d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5213:0014:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040013:0014:0015:00

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 26 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
15k10k15k20k26 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Top 21% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

2.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
25%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 27 OctMon 26 OctFri 23 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 7 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 06:01 UTC2d ago 2 – running 1
Mon 26 Oct, 09:55 UTC2d ago 5 – 0.8 days 1
Fri 23 Oct, 16:12 UTC5d ago 1 – 2.7 days 0
Sat 17 Oct, 14:01 UTC11d ago 1 halved by day 1 6.1 days 1
Wed 14 Oct, 13:54 UTC14d ago 1 – 3 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 11:48 UTC16d ago 1 halved by day 1 2.1 days 0
Sat 3 Oct, 15:41 UTC25d ago 6 halved by day 1 8.8 days 1
Sat 3 Oct, 08:00 UTC26d ago 6 – 0.3 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 19:38 UTC26d ago 6 – 0.5 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 19:44 UTC FW27d ago 6 – 1 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

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

These Rust Pop Watch lists include A Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): 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; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #4,712 puts A Rust Server in the top 21% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

A Rust Server went quiet 42 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 5. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 13:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

About the server

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

The server A Rust Server is not online now; 42 hours have passed since it was last seen. About 50 minutes ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 25, a 15% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 26 September 2026.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 224, with 224 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 197,793: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,223 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is A Rust Server located?

There is no region from A Rust Server. 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 57.128.229.173:25570.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

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

Wipe times

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

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 3 players. 7 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. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for A Rust Server: its wipes happen at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 2 days 23 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map of 6,000 with seed 1 is what A Rust Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical 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. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 57.128.229.173:25570. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp40
Max players There are 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build 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.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.

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.