Citadel of Pops
Online 69.164.253.186:25603 checked 12m 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 69% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 13 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:41 UTC25d 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.
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 Citadel of Pops?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Citadel of Pops: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Citadel of Pops mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Citadel of Pops: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts6 (Group limit): Teams cap at 6 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Citadel of Pops rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Citadel of Pops at #15,341, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Citadel of Pops right now?
0 players are on Citadel of Pops at the moment, out of 10 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server details
Is Citadel of Pops online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Citadel of Pops is up and running. About 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. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Citadel of Pops run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 59, with 42 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 75,576: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,581 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Citadel of Pops located?
No region is published by Citadel of Pops. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 69.164.253.186:25603.
Which Rust version is Citadel of Pops on?
On Linux, Citadel of Pops runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on Citadel of Pops when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 13 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Citadel of Pops?
Too few wipes are on record for Citadel of Pops to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 25 days 20 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Citadel of Pops run?
The procedural map on Citadel of Pops measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 172852236. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Citadel of Pops?
No gather rate appears in the name of Citadel of Pops. Teams can reach 6 players. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Citadel of Pops?
Enter client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.