Hosted by metalnode.gg
Offline 66.51.99.93:28017 checked 30d 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 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hosted by metalnode.gg?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Hosted by metalnode.gg: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Hosted by metalnode.gg mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Hosted by metalnode.gg: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp15 (Max players): Slots: 15; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Hosted by metalnode.gg rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Hosted by metalnode.gg at #16,924, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Hosted by metalnode.gg right now?
The last sighting of Hosted by metalnode.gg was 30 days 15 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is Hosted by metalnode.gg online, and how reliable is it?
Hosted by metalnode.gg shows as offline, last spotted 30 days 15 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 15 September 2026.
Where is Hosted by metalnode.gg located?
No region is published by Hosted by metalnode.gg. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.99.93:28017.
Which Rust version is Hosted by metalnode.gg on?
On Linux, Hosted by metalnode.gg runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Hosted by metalnode.gg?
Too few wipes are on record for Hosted by metalnode.gg to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 44 days 20 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Hosted by metalnode.gg run?
A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 1234 is what Hosted by metalnode.gg runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Hosted by metalnode.gg?
No gather rate appears in the name of Hosted by metalnode.gg. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Hosted by metalnode.gg?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.99.93:28017. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://metalnode.gg.