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Ya Dig It

Online 66.51.99.64:28045 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,423top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe14d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123405:0014:0023:0009:0018:0003:00

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 26 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
15k10k15k20k26 Sep2 Oct9 Oct15 Oct22 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. 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 8d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence

17 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

8d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 14hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 13 OctSat 26 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 30 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 13 Oct, 18:55 UTC14d ago 1 – running 0
Sat 26 Sep, 18:04 UTC31d ago 2 halved by day 2 17 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

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Ya Dig It?

You'll find Ya Dig It on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Ya Dig It mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Ya Dig It: 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; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 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; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to get in; ^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. 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 Ya Dig It rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Ya Dig It at #15,423, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Ya Dig It right now?

The current tally at Ya Dig It: 0 players across 50 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server details

Is Ya Dig It online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Ya Dig It is up and running. About 5 days 14 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 26 September 2026.

Does Ya Dig It run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities reached a maximum of 377,198: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 7,062 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Ya Dig It located?

There is no region from Ya Dig It. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 66.51.99.64:28045.

Which Rust version is Ya Dig It on?

On Linux, Ya Dig It runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Ya Dig It when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 30 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 2 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Ya Dig It?

Wipes on Ya Dig It 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. Its current world has been live for 14 days 10 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Ya Dig It run?

The procedural map on Ya Dig It measures 6,000 and comes from the game with seed 1. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on Ya Dig It?

The name of Ya Dig It says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, 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. Oxide plugins power it. You need Rust's premium status to get in. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Ya Dig It?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.64:28045. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You need Rust's premium status to get in.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,^q,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.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167781
Build The game build is 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

^q
Premium You need Rust's premium status to get in.
^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.

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.