Sandkasten
Online 147.93.162.142:29215 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 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 5h. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:11 UTC FW26d 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 Sandkasten rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #7,904 for player hours, which puts Sandkasten in the top 35% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Sandkasten?
Sandkasten holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 14:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Sandkasten mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Sandkasten is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; 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): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. 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 Sandkasten?
On Rust Population, Sandkasten is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Sandkasten?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Sandkasten?
Sandkasten 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 26 days 19 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Sandkasten run?
Sandkasten uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,700 with seed 2064416874. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Sandkasten?
Nothing in Sandkasten's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. 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.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Sandkasten run?
On Windows, Sandkasten runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Sandkasten run smoothly?
It ran at 57 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 11. The entity count reached 74,340: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,874 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Sandkasten online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Sandkasten is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 17 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Sandkasten located?
No region is published by Sandkasten. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 147.93.162.142:29215.
Getting in
How do I join Sandkasten?
Either enter client.connect 147.93.162.142:29215 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ.