Observer Island
Offline 62.118.66.12:28015 checked 10d 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
Top 61% 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 14:59 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 17:10 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | 17.9 days | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 05:15 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 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 Observer Island?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Observer Island: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Observer Island mean?
For the server browser, Observer Island lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 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): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Observer Island rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,524 puts Observer Island in the top 61% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Observer Island right now?
Offline now, Observer Island was last spotted 10 days 2 hours ago.
Server details
Is Observer Island online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Observer Island was last seen 10 days 2 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 30 September 2026.
Where is Observer Island located?
There is no region from Observer Island. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 62.118.66.12:28015.
Which Rust version is Observer Island on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version Observer Island runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Observer Island when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Observer Island?
There is no next wipe to predict on Observer Island, because wipes come 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. 11 days is when the present world was made.
The rules
What are the rules and settings on Observer Island?
The name of Observer Island says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Observer Island?
Enter client.connect 62.118.66.12:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.