Rust
Offline 70.40.118.188:28015 checked 32d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 61% 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust?
You'll find Rust on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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 Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Rust at #14,274, within the top 61% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust right now?
The last sighting of Rust was 32 days 6 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
The server Rust is not online now; 32 days 6 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 26 September 2026.
Where is Rust located?
No region is published by Rust. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 70.40.118.188:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Rust runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
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 32 days 7 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
Rust uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Rust?
Enter client.connect 70.40.118.188:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.