Rust Server
Online 157.85.88.216:28015 checked 10m 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 20 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 04:49 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | 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
Population
How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Server places at #15,349, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rust Server?
Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 125 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
These are the tags Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp125 (Max players): 125 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 Rust Server?
These Rust Population lists include Rust Server: 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 schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 20 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Rust Server's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 26 days 20 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Rust Server run?
Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 5,500 with seed 50000. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?
Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?
On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 204 server fps, with a low of 170. Entities peaked at 174,973, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 5,298 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust Server is online. About 16 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. 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 13 September 2026.
Where is Rust Server located?
No region is published by Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 157.85.88.216:28015.
How to join
How do I join Rust Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.88.216:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.