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Online NA 91.229.114.118:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 25/ 300 slots 8% full +5+24%against this time yesterday
7-day average56peak 202
Rank#304top 1% · #62 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe4d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe2d 0hThu 29 Oct, 18:58 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
05010015020019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

01020304019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 1% of all ranked servers, top 3% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:58 UTC, in 2d 0h. Every Thursday at 18:58 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
93
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 6

Coming wipes

2d 0hThu 29 Oct, 18:58 UTC
9d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
16d 0hThu 12 Nov, 18:58 UTC
23d 0hThu 19 Nov, 18:58 UTC
30d 0hThu 26 Nov, 18:58 UTC
37d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
44d 0hThu 10 Dec, 18:58 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
050100150200+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 202, 7 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 18:58 UTC4d ago 202 – running 20
Thu 15 Oct, 18:59 UTC11d ago 33 halved by day 5 7 days 16
Thu 8 Oct, 18:59 UTC18d ago 44 halved by day 4 7 days 20
Thu 1 Oct, 18:03 UTC FW26d ago 28 halved by day 6 7 days 6
Thu 24 Sep, 18:58 UTC32d ago 48 halved by day 6 7 days 14
Thu 17 Sep, 18:58 UTC39d ago 28 halved by day 6 7 days 7

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.

Lists and tags

Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small?

A rplayrust.com hostname is published by Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small and by 16 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

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

You'll find Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

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

These are the tags Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small publishes for the browser: 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): Survival, standard Rust style; mp300 (Max players): There are 300 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

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

For the last seven days of player hours, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small sits at #304, inside the top 1% of ranked servers and at #62 in North America.

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

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small is holding 25 players, with 300 slots in total. Averaging 56 players across seven days, it topped out at 202. Look at 20:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 110 players on average.

Server facts

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

Right now, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 hours ago. 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 30. The world carried as many as 165,857 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 6,172 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

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

With its NA tag, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small 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 91.229.114.118:28015.

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

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 93 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 7 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 6.

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

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small keeps to a every Thursday at 18:58 UTC wipe rhythm. The next wipe is pencilled in for Thursday 29 October at 18:58 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 4 days 23 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.

The rules

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

The custom map on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small measures 3,600, and its published file can be downloaded from this page.

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

No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Small. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The in-game Official tab is where it lives. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

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

Enter client.connect 91.229.114.118:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^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 Survival, standard Rust style.
mp300
Max players There are 300 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.

Region

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

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it.

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.