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GMax Rust Server

Online 85.25.214.42:28015 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 250 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,349top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. 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 7d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 18hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 24 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:46 UTC FW27d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include GMax Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include GMax Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on GMax Rust Server mean?

These are the tags GMax Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp250 (Max players): There are 250 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does GMax Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place GMax Rust Server at #15,349, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on GMax Rust Server right now?

0 players are on GMax Rust Server at the moment, out of 250 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is GMax Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, GMax Rust Server is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 9 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 144, a 86% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does GMax Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 107 server fps, with a low of 50. At its peak it held 92,731 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 2,493 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is GMax Rust Server located?

No region is published by GMax Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 85.25.214.42:28015.

Which Rust version is GMax Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version GMax Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on GMax Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 24 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on GMax Rust Server?

GMax Rust Server 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. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 6 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does GMax Rust Server run?

A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 666 is what GMax Rust Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on GMax Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of GMax Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join GMax Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.25.214.42:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://gmaxlive.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp250
Max players There are 250 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.