Empire
Offline 88.97.218.36:28015 checked 21d 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 71% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 22:17 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Empire?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Empire: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Empire mean?
These are the tags Empire publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp300 (Max players): It has 300 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Empire rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Empire at #15,983, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Empire right now?
Offline now, Empire was last spotted 21 days 22 hours ago.
About the server
Is Empire online, and how reliable is it?
The server Empire is not online now; 21 days 22 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 5 October 2026.
Where is Empire located?
There is no region from Empire. 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 88.97.218.36:28015.
Which Rust version is Empire on?
On Windows, Empire runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Empire when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Empire?
The record of Empire's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 22 days 20 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Empire run?
A procedural map is what Empire runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Empire?
The name of Empire says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Empire?
Enter client.connect 88.97.218.36:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.