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Celebrity profile · EU

The Rust Show

Online EU 66.51.99.155:28005 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,335top 69% · #2563 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe19d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

0246810:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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 19 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 88% in EU. 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 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 9hThu 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 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 10 Oct, 05:11 UTC19d 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Rust Show?

You'll find The Rust Show on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on The Rust Show mean?

For the server browser, The Rust Show lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 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): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. 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 Rust Show rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, The Rust Show sits at #15,335, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #2,563 in Europe.

How many players are on The Rust Show right now?

0 players are on The Rust Show at the moment, out of 50 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

Server details

Is The Rust Show online, and how reliable is it?

The Rust Show is live at the moment. About 6 days 18 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. 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 September 2026.

Does The Rust Show run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. The world carried as many as 14,662 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 1,646 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is The Rust Show located?

In Europe, The Rust Show lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 66.51.99.155:28005.

Which Rust version is The Rust Show on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version The Rust Show runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on The Rust Show when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Show?

Wipes on The Rust Show come once a month, alongside 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. The world it is running now dates from 19 days 4 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does The Rust Show run?

The procedural map on The Rust Show measures 2,000 and comes from the game with seed 1. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on The Rust Show?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Rust Show. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join The Rust Show?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.155:28005. 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,^z,^y,^m,EU,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players There are 50 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 RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits under Europe.

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.