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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,376habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Online 104.143.3.231:28449 checked 11m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ ?
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#12,376
top 56%
Last wipe
7d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123406:0015:0000:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246806:0015:0000:0008:0017:0003:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

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

Top 56% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
29%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctTue 20 OctMon 19 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 18:16 UTC7d ago 1 – running 0
Tue 20 Oct, 23:09 UTC8d ago 1 – 0.8 days 0
Mon 19 Oct, 18:09 UTC9d ago 1 – 1.2 days 0
Sun 18 Oct, 23:45 UTC10d ago 1 – 0.8 days 0
Fri 9 Oct, 20:25 UTC19d ago 1+1 queue halved by day 1 9.1 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 17:21 UTC20d ago 1 – 1.1 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 11:13 UTC26d ago 0 – 6.3 days 0
Wed 16 Sep, 22:52 UTC42d ago 1 halved by day 1 15.5 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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #12,376 for player hours, which puts A Rust Server in the top 56% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

You'll find 0 players on A Rust Server at the moment. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp0 (Max players): You can join up to 0 slots; ts20 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 20 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so 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 A Rust Server?

On Rust Population, A Rust Server is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for A Rust Server, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 7 days 10 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

The map on A Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 2,600 from seed 1. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. A group may hold 20 players at most. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what A Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

It ran at 5 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Up to 32,065 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,839 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find A Rust Server online now. About 15 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. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 104.143.3.231:28449.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.143.3.231:28449. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/feMTbPSGZJ.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts20,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp0
Max players You can join up to 0 slots.
ts20
Group limit Teams can have no more than 20 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so 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.