The Rusty Krab
Online NA 66.51.99.44:28045 checked 10m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 24% of all ranked servers, top 49% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 03:38 UTC26d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Rusty Krab?
You'll find The Rusty Krab on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on The Rusty Krab mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Rusty Krab: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^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. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does The Rusty Krab rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, The Rusty Krab sits at #5,425, inside the top 24% of ranked servers and at #913 in North America.
How many players are on The Rusty Krab right now?
2 players are on The Rusty Krab at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 03:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Server facts
Is The Rusty Krab online, and how reliable is it?
The Rusty Krab is live at the moment. About 43 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. 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 The Rusty Krab run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 15 server fps, with a low of 5. At its peak it held 81,025 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,863 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is The Rusty Krab located?
The Rusty Krab uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.99.44:28045.
Which Rust version is The Rusty Krab on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Rusty Krab runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on The Rusty Krab when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rusty Krab?
Wipes on The Rusty Krab come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 26 days 1 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Rusty Krab run?
Generated by the game with seed 68656627, the map on The Rusty Krab is procedural and 3,700 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 The Rusty Krab?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Rusty Krab. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join The Rusty Krab?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.44:28045. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.