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California | Build Server

Online NA 76.133.251.206:29015 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 50 slots 2% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 5
Rank#3,735top 17% · #623 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe28d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246821:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 17% of all ranked servers, top 33% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

14.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2.5

Coming wipes

6d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 22hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctThu 1 OctThu 24 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 38 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 08:28 UTC6d ago 3 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW28d ago 1 halved by day 4 21.6 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 05:29 UTC35d ago 2 halved by day 1 7.5 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

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Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include California | Build Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include California | Build Server: Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on California | Build Server mean?

These are the tags California | Build Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^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): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does California | Build Server rank against other Rust servers?

California | Build Server takes #3,735 on seven-day player hours, a top 17% spot overall and #623 across North America.

How many players are on California | Build Server right now?

The current tally at California | Build Server: 1 players across 50 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 5. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 23:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.

Server facts

Is California | Build Server online, and how reliable is it?

California | Build Server is live at the moment. About 6 days 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does California | Build Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 237 server fps, with a low of 205. The world carried as many as 14,871 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 2,447 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is California | Build Server located?

In North America, California | Build Server lists itself with its NA tag. 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 76.133.251.206:29015.

Which Rust version is California | Build Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version California | Build Server runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on California | Build Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 38 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.5.

What is the wipe schedule on California | Build Server?

Wipes on California | Build Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 28 days 2 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does California | Build Server run?

The procedural map on California | Build Server measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1337. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on California | Build Server?

The name of California | Build Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join California | Build Server?

Enter client.connect 76.133.251.206:29015 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://discord.com/invite/t77M3yAgKu.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^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.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.