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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,339EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rusty's PlayGround

Online EU 144.76.222.219:28015 checked 6m ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,339
top 69% · #2570 in EU
Last wipe
18d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 20h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0002:0011:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040023:0008:0017:0002:0011:0021:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

13.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

7d 20h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 20h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 10 OctThu 1 OctSun 13 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 10 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 10 Oct, 08:58 UTC18d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 19:20 UTC FW27d ago 0 – 8.6 days 0
Sun 13 Sep, 22:51 UTC44d ago 1 halved by day 2 17.9 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

Player counts

How does Rusty's PlayGround rank against other Rust servers?

Rusty's PlayGround ranks #15,339 on seven-day player hours, #2,570 in Europe, and sits in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rusty's PlayGround?

Of its 100 slots, Rusty's PlayGround is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rusty's PlayGround mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty's PlayGround publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rusty's PlayGround?

Rusty's PlayGround appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rusty's PlayGround?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 10 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 2 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty's PlayGround?

Rusty's PlayGround wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 18 days 13 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty's PlayGround run?

A procedural map of size 2,000 from seed 1984981545, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty's PlayGround. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty's PlayGround?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty's PlayGround. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rusty's PlayGround run?

On Linux, Rusty's PlayGround runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Rusty's PlayGround run smoothly?

It ran at 233 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 220. Entities peaked at 16,655, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,780 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rusty's PlayGround online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rusty's PlayGround online now. About 4 days 4 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 80 of 168 hours were online, or 48%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusty's PlayGround located?

The EU tag is how Rusty's PlayGround places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 144.76.222.219:28015.

How to join

How do I join Rusty's PlayGround?

Either enter client.connect 144.76.222.219:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/aTSEsDDzgk.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.