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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

Camera-shy: no banner published A Rust Server Onlineright now
Celebrity profile

A Rust Server

Online 64.40.8.251:29010 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ ? slots steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,341top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe14d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123407:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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.

1.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
14%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 14 OctSun 11 OctSat 10 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 14 Oct, 23:31 UTC14d ago 0 – running 0
Sun 11 Oct, 22:57 UTC17d ago 1 halved by day 1 3 days 0
Sat 10 Oct, 11:17 UTC18d ago 1 – 1.5 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 15:53 UTC26d ago 0 – 7.8 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:46 UTC FW27d ago 1 – 0.9 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 11:45 UTC27d ago 2 – 0.3 days 0
Tue 29 Sep, 17:42 UTC29d ago 2 – 1.8 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 16:49 UTC41d ago 0 – 12 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?

You'll find A Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp0 (Max players): There are 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,341 puts A Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

The count at A Rust Server right now: 0 players. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

About the server

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

Right now, A Rust Server is up and running. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by 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 64.40.8.251:29010.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

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

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone 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. 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. 14 days 6 hours is when the present world was made.

The rules

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. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 64.40.8.251:29010 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp0
Max players There are 0 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.