Rust Server
Online 98.96.163.210:28015 checked 10m 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 69% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Rust Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
These are the tags Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2621 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2621; cs142930 (Build): The game build is 142930; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust Server at #15,349, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust Server right now?
0 players are on Rust Server at the moment, out of 10 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Rust Server is live at the moment. About 5 days 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 93, and it never went below 75. At its peak it held 151,458 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 4,053 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Rust Server located?
No region is published by Rust Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 98.96.163.210:28015.
Which Rust version is Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2621 and build 142930 is the version Rust Server runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
The record of Rust Server'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 259 days 16 hours.
The rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1337 is what Rust Server 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 Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 98.96.163.210:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.