RUST Server
Online 104.234.252.153:28035 checked 11m ago
Measurements
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does RUST Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,358 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 100 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on RUST Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags RUST Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2632 (Protocol): The protocol is 2632; a different version will not connect; cs162434 (Build): Game build: 162434; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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?
On Rust Population, RUST Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on RUST Server?
Too few wipes are on record for RUST Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 57 days 14 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does RUST Server run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 648252, generated by the game, is in use on RUST Server. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on RUST Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of RUST Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does RUST Server run?
On Windows, RUST Server runs Rust network protocol 2632 and build 162434. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does RUST Server run smoothly?
It ran at 99 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 88. Up to 69,927 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,259 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is RUST Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, RUST Server is online. About 2 days 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is RUST Server located?
A region is not published by RUST Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 104.234.252.153:28035.
How to join
How do I join RUST Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.234.252.153:28035; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.