Rusty Playground
Online 104.51.60.243:28998 checked 10m 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 39% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 16:13 UTC26d ago | 0 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Rusty Playground rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #8,704 for player hours, which puts Rusty Playground in the top 39% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Playground?
Of its 1 slots, Rusty Playground is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 02:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Playground mean?
These are the tags Rusty Playground publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 Rusty Playground?
Rusty Playground appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Playground?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Playground?
The force wipe is the only wipe Rusty Playground takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 26 days 8 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Settings
Which map does Rusty Playground run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty Playground.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Playground?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Playground. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Carbon running as plugins. The server describes itself as vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rusty Playground run?
On Linux, Rusty Playground runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Rusty Playground online, and how reliable is it?
Rusty Playground is up and running at the moment. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rusty Playground located?
Nothing published by Rusty Playground states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 104.51.60.243:28998.
Getting in
How do I join Rusty Playground?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.51.60.243:28998. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.