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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,297habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Online 157.90.0.249:50003 checked 9m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#6,297
top 28%
Last wipe
6d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040003:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

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 28% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

9.7 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 3

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctThu 15 OctFri 2 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 44 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 16:57 UTC6d ago 2 – running 0
Thu 15 Oct, 15:19 UTC12d ago 1 halved by day 3 6.1 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 06:46 UTC25d ago 1 halved by day 3 13.4 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

Population

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #6,297 for player hours, which puts A Rust Server in the top 28% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

The count reads 0 players on A Rust Server, which has 40 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags A Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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. 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 A Rust Server?

On Rust Population, A Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 44 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for A Rust Server, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 6 days 9 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 2,700 with seed 1337. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what A Rust Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

It ran at 209 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 182. Up to 35,342 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,472 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, A Rust Server is online. About 4 days 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Rust Server located?

A region is not published by A Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 157.90.0.249:50003.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 157.90.0.249:50003 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 The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players You can join up to 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.