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Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop

Online NA 91.229.114.102:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 21/ 200 slots 10% full −3−12%against this time yesterday
7-day average24peak 66
Rank#609top 3% · #101 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
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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
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 3% of all ranked servers, top 5% 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 7d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

200
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

050100150200+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 200, 2 hours in, with 31 in the queue.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:02 UTC FW27d ago 200+31 queue – running 14

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

Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

The same operator most likely runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop and 16 other servers we track, since all publish a rplayrust.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop: Official Rust servers, watched, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp200 (Max players): Slots: 200; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop sits at #609, inside the top 3% of ranked servers and at #101 in North America.

How many players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop right now?

The current tally at Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop: 21 players across 200 slots. Averaging 24 players across seven days, it topped out at 66. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 01:00 UTC, averaging 30 players.

Server details

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop is online. About 10 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. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 30, with 30 as the lowest. At its peak it held 187,135 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 6,191 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop located?

With its NA tag, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop lists itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 91.229.114.102:28015.

Which Rust version is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop on?

On Linux, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 200 players. With 31 in the queue, the latest wipe's crowd topped out 2 hours after the wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

Wipes on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop 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. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 7 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop run?

A custom map of 4,000 is what Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop runs; the file is published and downloadable from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It sits in the Official tab in game. Oxide plugins are running on it. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

Enter client.connect 91.229.114.102:28015 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://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o,rustmaps

On Rust Pop Watch

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp200
Max players Slots: 200.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust.

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.