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The Underground

Online 69.41.184.182:2228 checked 2h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 150 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,373top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe10d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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 17 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 Sep25 Sep30 Sep18 Oct23 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

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 1, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 17 Oct, 22:54 UTC10d 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.

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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 Underground?

You'll find The Underground on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on The Underground mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Underground: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): Slots: 150; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does The Underground rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,373 puts The Underground in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on The Underground right now?

The current tally at The Underground: 0 players across 150 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

Server facts

Is The Underground online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, The Underground is up and running. About 10 days 17 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. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does The Underground run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 85, and it never went below 52. Entities reached a maximum of 98,005: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,912 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is The Underground located?

There is no region from The Underground. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 69.41.184.182:2228.

Which Rust version is The Underground on?

On Linux, The Underground runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on The Underground when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on The Underground?

Too few wipes are on record for The Underground 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. Its current world has been live for 10 days 20 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does The Underground run?

A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 1337 is what The Underground runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on The Underground?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Underground. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. 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 Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join The Underground?

Enter client.connect 69.41.184.182:2228 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://therustvillage.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players Slots: 150.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2634
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build It's on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.