The Ponderosa
Online 64.40.8.66:28019 checked 11m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 12:26 UTC23d ago | 0 | – | running | 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 The Ponderosa?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Ponderosa: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Ponderosa mean?
These are the tags The Ponderosa publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Ponderosa rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The Ponderosa at #15,437, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Ponderosa right now?
The Ponderosa is holding 0 players, with 40 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server facts
Is The Ponderosa online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The Ponderosa is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 14 days 10 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does The Ponderosa run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 29, with 8 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 66,080: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 8,833 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Ponderosa located?
No region is published by The Ponderosa. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 64.40.8.66:28019.
Which Rust version is The Ponderosa on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version The Ponderosa runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What happens on The Ponderosa when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on The Ponderosa?
The Ponderosa's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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. The world it is running now dates from 23 days 3 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Ponderosa run?
Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on The Ponderosa is procedural and 5,800 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Ponderosa?
The name of The Ponderosa says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join The Ponderosa?
Enter client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.