Rust
Online EU 85.175.6.244:28400 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 35% of all ranked servers, top 71% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 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 3, 42 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 01:27 UTC10d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 20:07 UTC14d ago | 4 | halved by day 1 | 4.2 days | 0 |
| Mon 12 Oct, 20:30 UTC15d ago | 4 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Mon 12 Oct, 00:13 UTC16d ago | 4 | – | 0.8 days | 0 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 15:53 UTC16d ago | 1 | – | 0.3 days | 1 |
| Sat 10 Oct, 19:07 UTC17d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 18:18 UTC25d ago | 3 | halved by day 1 | 8 days | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 17:34 UTC27d ago | 2 | held half | 2 days | 2 |
| Sat 26 Sep, 19:34 UTC31d ago | 5 | halved by day 1 | 3.9 days | 0 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 15:48 UTC43d ago | 3 | halved by day 1 | 12.2 days | 0 |
| Sun 13 Sep, 19:40 UTC44d ago | 3 | – | 0.8 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
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; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; 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): 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; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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?
Rust takes #7,819 on seven-day player hours, a top 35% spot overall and #2,080 across Europe.
How many players are on Rust right now?
The current tally at Rust: 0 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 18:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust is up and running. About 1 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Rust run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 59, and it never went below 59. At its peak it held 14,819 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 1,482 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Rust located?
In Europe, Rust lists itself with its EU tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 85.175.6.244:28400.
Which Rust version is Rust on?
On Windows, Rust runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 4 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 42 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. The crowd fell under half by day 1 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
Rust 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. Its current world has been live for 10 days 10 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
The procedural map on Rust measures 2,000 and comes from the game with seed 1337. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
The name of Rust says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.175.6.244:28400. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.