Rusty Tux
Offline NA 16.59.128.4:28015 checked 31d 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 72% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 15h. 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 2, 11 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 14 Sep, 21:18 UTC43d ago | 2 | – | 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 Rusty Tux rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Rusty Tux is #16,879, #1,701 in North America, placing it in the top 72% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Tux?
Rusty Tux is offline at this count; we last saw it 31 days 4 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Tux mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Rusty Tux is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. 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 Rusty Tux?
On Rust Population, Rusty Tux is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Tux?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. Peak came 11 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Tux?
The force wipe is the only wipe Rusty Tux takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 43 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Settings
Which map does Rusty Tux run?
Rusty Tux uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 1220438900. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Tux?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rusty Tux states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The server describes itself as vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rusty Tux run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for Rusty Tux. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Rusty Tux online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Rusty Tux was last seen 31 days 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Tux located?
By its NA tag, Rusty Tux says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 16.59.128.4:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Rusty Tux?
Either enter client.connect 16.59.128.4:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.