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USA

Online NA 66.51.96.67:28035 checked 6m ago

teams off weekly wipes moddedoxidehardcore
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,348top 69% · #1525 in NA
RegionNANA · group teams off
Last wipe27d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe20hThu 29 Oct, 18:10 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246822:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:10 UTC, in 20h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

20hThu 29 Oct, 18:10 UTC
7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 20hThu 12 Nov, 18:10 UTC
21d 20hThu 19 Nov, 18:10 UTC
28d 20hThu 26 Nov, 18:10 UTC
35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 20hThu 10 Dec, 18:10 UTC

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 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:10 UTC FW27d 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.

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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 USA?

You'll find USA on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Aim training servers, ranked by the crowd and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Hardcore ^h, Combat training ^d, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Weekly.

What do the server tags on USA mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from USA: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make it harsher; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts0 (Group limit): You can't team up: teams are disabled; 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): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore mode: harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^d (Combat training): Train your aim and PvP with loot handed to you; ^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; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does USA rank against other Rust servers?

USA takes #15,348 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,525 across North America.

How many players are on USA right now?

USA is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is USA online, and how reliable is it?

USA is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does USA run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. Entities reached a maximum of 8,015: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,046 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is USA located?

With its NA tag, USA 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 66.51.96.67:28035.

Which Rust version is USA on?

On Linux, USA runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on USA when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on USA?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of USA's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Come Thursday 29 October at 18:10 UTC, the next wipe is expected. Its current world has been live for 27 days 3 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

Rules and settings

Which map does USA run?

The procedural map on USA measures 1,000, generated by the game.

What are the rules and settings on USA?

No gather rate appears in the name of USA. Nothing on group size is published here. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join USA?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.96.67:28035. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^h,^d,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules make it harsher.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts0
Group limit You can't team up: teams are disabled.
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 The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Facepunch's hardcore mode: harsher survival and fewer helpers.

Gameplay

^d
Combat training Train your aim and PvP with loot handed to you.

Mods and access

^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.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is 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.