Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 67,907 players 11,753 servers 3,403 with someone on 209 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,290habitat unknownfirst seen 4 Oct 2026

Rust Server

Online 157.120.220.179:28015 checked 9m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,290
top 69%
Last wipe
25d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608000:0009:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

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 4 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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.

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 34 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 02:27 UTC25d ago 3 – 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

Player counts

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Server at #15,290, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?

Rust Server 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 Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 3 players were counted at the busiest point. 34 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust Server 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. Counted from 25 days 21 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 1234. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 59 server fps, with 42 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 29,628, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 1,473 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 7 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 4 October 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 157.120.220.179:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.120.220.179:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.