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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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Rust

Offline 70.40.118.138:28015 checked 10d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 1 slots 100% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#13,043top 59%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe10d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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
15k10k15k20k19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct

Top 59% 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.

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wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 19 Oct, 10:09 UTC10d ago 1 – running 1

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 same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rust: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Rust mean?

These are the tags Rust publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust at #13,043, in the top 59% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust right now?

Rust went quiet 10 days ago and is offline at the moment.

Server details

Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?

The server Rust is not online now; 10 days have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 19 October 2026.

Where is Rust located?

No region is published by Rust. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 70.40.118.138:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust on?

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

Wipe days

What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust?

The record of Rust's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 10 days 3 hours.

The rules

Which map does Rust run?

The map on Rust is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Rust?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 70.40.118.138:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp1
Max players Slots: 1.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.