Starch 2x
Offline 98.243.53.208:28050 checked 3d 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 65% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Sunday 1 November, 12:02 UTC, in 4d 8h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 12:02 UTC9d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 20:50 UTC24d ago | 2 | halved by day 8 | 14.6 days | 2 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 00:09 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 0.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 01:32 UTC40d ago | 2 | halved by day 4 | 14.9 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 Starch 2x?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Starch 2x: 2x Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and The battlefield crowd, counted. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 2x.
What do the server tags on Starch 2x mean?
These are the tags Starch 2x publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^i (Battlefield): Kits and high rates drive fast PvP here; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Starch 2x rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Starch 2x at #14,379, in the top 65% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Starch 2x right now?
Offline now, Starch 2x was last spotted 3 days 10 hours ago. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server facts
Is Starch 2x online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Starch 2x was last seen 3 days 10 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 1, a 1% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 14 September 2026.
Where is Starch 2x located?
There is no region from Starch 2x. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 98.243.53.208:28050.
Which Rust version is Starch 2x on?
On Windows, Starch 2x runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on Starch 2x when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 6.
What is the wipe schedule on Starch 2x?
Its tag sets the prediction, because Starch 2x's recorded wipes are too few to confirm the schedule. Sunday 1 November at 12:02 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 9 days 15 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.
Map and rules
Which map does Starch 2x run?
The procedural map on Starch 2x measures 4,000 and comes from the game with seed 1113617313. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Starch 2x?
Going by its name, Starch 2x runs 2x gather. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. high rates and kits for fast PvP: that is the battlefield mode. 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 Starch 2x?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 98.243.53.208:28050. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/eGnTBwH8zk.