Observer Island
Offline 62.118.66.17:28015 checked 3d 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 36% 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 25 Oct, 14:52 UTC3d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 24 Oct, 16:41 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 1 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 12:36 UTC6d ago | 1 | held half | 2.2 days | 1 |
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 Observer Island?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Observer Island: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters 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 week.
What do the server tags on Observer Island mean?
These are the tags Observer Island publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Observer Island rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Observer Island at #7,915, within the top 36% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Observer Island right now?
Observer Island went quiet 3 days 17 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
About the server
Is Observer Island online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Observer Island was last seen 3 days 17 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 8%, with 13 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 19 October 2026.
Where is Observer Island located?
There is no region from Observer Island. 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 62.118.66.17:28015.
Which Rust version is Observer Island on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Observer Island runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Observer Island when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Observer Island?
There is no next wipe to predict on Observer Island, because wipes come 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. The world it is running now dates from 3 days 19 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Observer Island?
No gather rate appears in the name of Observer Island. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Observer Island?
Enter client.connect 62.118.66.17:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.