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RustScape

Online NA 66.51.96.64:28000 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full −1−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 8
Rank#3,236top 15% · #532 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246820:0005:0014:0000:0009:0018:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

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

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 29% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 23hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 21:44 UTC FW27d ago 3 – 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.

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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 RustScape?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustScape: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on RustScape mean?

These are the tags RustScape publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does RustScape rank against other Rust servers?

RustScape takes #3,236 on seven-day player hours, a top 15% spot overall and #532 across North America.

How many players are on RustScape right now?

0 players are on RustScape at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 8, against an average of 1 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 00:00 UTC, averaging 6 players.

Server details

Is RustScape online, and how reliable is it?

RustScape is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 6 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does RustScape run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 29, with 5 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 119,551 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,547 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is RustScape located?

RustScape uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 66.51.96.64:28000.

Which Rust version is RustScape on?

On Linux, RustScape runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on RustScape when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on RustScape?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for RustScape, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 27 days 22 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does RustScape run?

A procedural map of 4,096 with seed 1 is what RustScape runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Synecdoche Islands.

What are the rules and settings on RustScape?

The name of RustScape says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join RustScape?

Enter client.connect 66.51.96.64:28000 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/TpEtj7cA8g.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.