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QualityGaming

Online NA 66.51.98.64:28000 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,338top 69% · #1508 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe10d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123411:0020:0005:0013:0023:0008:00

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 19 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k19 Oct21 Oct23 Oct25 Oct27 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% 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 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 8hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 19 Oct, 06:20 UTC10d ago 1 – 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include QualityGaming?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include QualityGaming: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on QualityGaming mean?

For the server browser, QualityGaming lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^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): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 QualityGaming rank against other Rust servers?

QualityGaming takes #15,338 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,508 across North America.

How many players are on QualityGaming right now?

0 players are on QualityGaming at the moment, out of 50 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is QualityGaming online, and how reliable is it?

QualityGaming is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 19 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 19 October 2026.

Does QualityGaming run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. Entities reached a maximum of 94,367: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,611 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is QualityGaming located?

QualityGaming 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 66.51.98.64:28000.

Which Rust version is QualityGaming on?

On Linux, QualityGaming runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on QualityGaming 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.

What is the wipe schedule on QualityGaming?

QualityGaming wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 10 days 3 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does QualityGaming run?

Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on QualityGaming is procedural and 4,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on QualityGaming?

No gather rate appears in the name of QualityGaming. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. 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.

Join up

How do I join QualityGaming?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.98.64:28000. 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?,v2634,^m,NA,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
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 RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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 Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.