A Rust Server
Online 81.17.98.18:10006 checked 10m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 46% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 06:48 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include A Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Server: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank A Rust Server at #10,260, within the top 46% of ranked servers.
How many players are on A Rust Server right now?
0 players are on A Rust Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 07:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server facts
Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
A Rust Server is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 21 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does A Rust Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 91, and it never went below 60. Entities reached a maximum of 51,559: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,057 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is A Rust Server located?
No region is published by A Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 81.17.98.18:10006.
Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?
On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?
Too few wipes are on record for A Rust Server to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 23 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does A Rust Server run?
The procedural map on A Rust Server measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 921798635. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on A Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join A Rust Server?
Enter client.connect 81.17.98.18:10006 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://rtcwaves.com/.