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Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA

Online NA 66.51.96.64:28015 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,276top 69% · #1493 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe28d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246823:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

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 69% of all ranked servers, top 80% 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 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

14 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
00.250.50.751+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
Thu 1 Oct, 18:03 UTC FW28d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 18:34 UTC42d ago 2 halved by day 1 14 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

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Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA: 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 Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 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): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following 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): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA rank against other Rust servers?

Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA takes #15,276 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,493 across North America.

How many players are on Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA right now?

0 players are on Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA at the moment, out of 50 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA is online. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. The world carried as many as 48,327 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 1,784 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA located?

With its NA tag, Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA lists itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 66.51.96.64:28015.

Which Rust version is Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe 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 Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 28 days 4 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Rules and settings

Which map does Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA run?

The procedural map on Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 1402703470. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA?

No gather rate appears in the name of Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Sanctuary PvP | Vanilla | Monthly Wipe | Quad Limit (4) | US-VA?

Enter client.connect 66.51.96.64:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://sanctuaryrust.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players It has 50 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 RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following 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 The server browser lists it 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.