Local
Offline NA · us1 73.118.160.42:28015 checked 1d 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 48% of all ranked servers, top 70% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 31 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:38 UTC FW28d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 02:55 UTC29d ago | 2 | – | 1.6 days | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 20:26 UTC32d ago | 1 | held half | 2.3 days | 1 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 03:18 UTC41d ago | 1 | halved by day 5 | 9.7 days | 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 Local?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Local: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot, The roleplay set, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Local mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Local: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp12 (Max players): Slots: 12; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $rus1 (Region code): It carries region code us1; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^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; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Local rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, Local sits at #10,687, inside the top 48% of ranked servers and at #1,302 in North America.
How many players are on Local right now?
Local went quiet 42 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Look at 06:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.
Server details
Is Local online, and how reliable is it?
The server Local is not online now; 42 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 4, a 2% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 17 September 2026.
Where is Local located?
In North America, Local is listed with the NA tag; region code: us1. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 73.118.160.42:28015.
Which Rust version is Local on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Local runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Local when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 31 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 50% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 5.
What is the wipe schedule on Local?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Local, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 28 days 7 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Local?
The name of Local says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. roleplay is the game mode, jobs and towns under roleplay rules. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
Getting in
How do I join Local?
Enter client.connect 73.118.160.42:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.