Rusty Bucket
Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 8m 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 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 6h. 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 2, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 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 Rusty Bucket?
You'll find Rusty Bucket on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Rusty Bucket mean?
These are the tags Rusty Bucket publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp2 (Max players): Slots: 2; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Rusty Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #8,865 puts Rusty Bucket in the top 40% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rusty Bucket right now?
The current tally at Rusty Bucket: 0 players across 2 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2.
Server details
Is Rusty Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rusty Bucket is up and running. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 19 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Bucket located?
There is no region from Rusty Bucket. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 73.8.224.163:28015.
Which Rust version is Rusty Bucket on?
On Windows, Rusty Bucket runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Rusty Bucket when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Bucket?
Rusty Bucket wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 25 days 22 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Rusty Bucket run?
Rusty Bucket uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Bucket?
The name of Rusty Bucket says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
Getting in
How do I join Rusty Bucket?
Enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.