Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,349habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 104.129.132.75:28049 checked 13m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,349
top 69%
Last wipe
10h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123405:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
0246805:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTCWIPE

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

33.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTC10h ago – – running 0
Thu 24 Sep, 21:01 UTC34d ago 0 – 33.9 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,349 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

The record holds too few of Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 10 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 2,000 from seed 123456, generated by the game, is in use on Rust Server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 5 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. Up to 16,849 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,493 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is online. About 9 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Rust Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 104.129.132.75:28049.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 104.129.132.75:28049 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.