The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.22:28015 checked 24d 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 70% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC34d ago | 1 | held half | 8.6 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Sandbox at #15,985, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Sandbox?
The Sandbox is offline at this count; we last saw it 24 days 21 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
What the game's server browser reads from The Sandbox is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^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 The Sandbox?
The Sandbox appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted and Build and creative servers. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Sandbox's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 26 days ago.
Settings
Which map does The Sandbox run?
The map on The Sandbox is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does The Sandbox run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what The Sandbox uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, The Sandbox was last seen 24 days 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 22 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Sandbox located?
Nothing published by The Sandbox 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 137.83.97.22:28015.
Getting in
How do I join The Sandbox?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.