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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,997habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Sep 2026

Katana Project

Offline 144.31.139.172:28015 checked 25d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 500
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,997
top 71%
Last wipe
30d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k28 Sep30 Sep3 Oct5 Oct8 Oct10 Oct

Top 71% 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.

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 16 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 28 Sep, 19:23 UTC30d ago 2 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Katana Project rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Katana Project at #15,997, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Katana Project?

At this count Katana Project is offline, with its last sighting 25 days 16 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Katana Project mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Katana Project is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^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 Katana Project?

Katana Project appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Katana Project?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. Peak came 16 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Katana Project?

Too few wipes are on record for Katana Project to show its rhythm. 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 30 days 20 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Katana Project run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Katana Project.

What are the rules and settings on Katana Project?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Katana Project states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Katana Project run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what Katana Project uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Katana Project online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Katana Project was last seen 25 days 16 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 28 September 2026.

Where is Katana Project located?

Nothing published by Katana Project states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 144.31.139.172:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Katana Project?

Either enter client.connect 144.31.139.172:28015 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp500
Max players You can join up to 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^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.