The fam
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.24:28019 checked 7m 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 39% of all ranked servers, top 65% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct, 11:06 UTC14d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 18:49 UTC20d ago | 0 | – | 5.7 days | 0 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 11:10 UTC44d ago | 3 | halved by day 2 | 24.3 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The fam?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The fam: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The fam mean?
For the server browser, The fam lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $rus5 (Region code): It carries region code us5; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does The fam rank against other Rust servers?
The fam takes #8,747 on seven-day player hours, a top 39% spot overall and #1,211 across North America.
How many players are on The fam right now?
0 players are on The fam at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is The fam online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The fam is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 14 days 15 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does The fam run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 55 server fps, with a low of 55. The world carried as many as 109,007 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 7,100 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is The fam located?
With its NA tag, The fam places itself in North America; its region code is us5. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 91.229.114.24:28019.
Which Rust version is The fam on?
On Linux, The fam runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The fam when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 2 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The fam?
No next wipe can be predicted for The fam: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 14 days 16 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does The fam run?
A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 1722427781 is what The fam runs, made by the game. 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 The fam?
No gather rate appears in the name of The fam. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join The fam?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 91.229.114.24:28019. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.