Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 54,556 players 11,722 servers 3,373 with someone on 137 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,433habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

spheal

Online 157.85.86.183:29031 checked 7m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
3/ 40
= 1 player
8% full
7-day average
2
peak 4
Rank
#7,433
top 33%
Last wipe
4h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123417:0018:0019:0020:0021:0022:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 19:05 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
010020030040017:0018:0019:0020:0021:0022:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 19:05 UTCWIPE

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
No rank history yet.

Top 33% 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.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 19:05 UTC4h ago – – running 2

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 spheal rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place spheal at #7,433, within the top 33% of all ranked servers.

How busy is spheal?

spheal holds 3 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 4 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 22:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 3 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on spheal mean?

What the game's server browser reads from spheal is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $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. 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 spheal?

These Rust Population lists include spheal: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on spheal?

Too few wipes are on record for spheal to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 4 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does spheal run?

The map on spheal is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 50000. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on spheal?

Nothing in spheal's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does spheal run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for spheal. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does spheal run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 191 server fps, with 149 as the lowest. Up to 48,816 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,515 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is spheal online, and how reliable is it?

You will find spheal online now. About 3 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 October 2026.

Where is spheal located?

Nothing published by spheal states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 157.85.86.183:29031.

How to join

How do I join spheal?

Either enter client.connect 157.85.86.183:29031 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.