PhaQ
Online NA 162.255.84.92:46015 checked 2h 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 50% of all ranked servers, top 71% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. 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 1, 4 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 24 Oct, 00:25 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:29 UTC FW26d ago | 2 | halved by day 1 | 22.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 20:18 UTC40d ago | 0 | – | 14 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does PhaQ rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days PhaQ is #11,085, #1,327 in North America, placing it in the top 50% of ranked servers.
How busy is PhaQ?
Of its 60 slots, PhaQ is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on PhaQ mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags PhaQ publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp60 (Max players): The server has 60 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; modded (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America; oxidation (Custom tag): This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include PhaQ?
PhaQ appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on PhaQ?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 4 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on PhaQ?
Once a month PhaQ wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 4 days 19 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does PhaQ run?
PhaQ uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,000 with seed 331906637. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on PhaQ?
Nothing in PhaQ's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. By its own description it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does PhaQ run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for PhaQ. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does PhaQ run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 160 server fps, with a low of 134. Entities peaked at 92,465, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,568 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is PhaQ online, and how reliable is it?
You will find PhaQ online now. About 4 days 15 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 126 of 168 hours were online, or 75%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is PhaQ located?
With its NA tag, PhaQ places itself in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 162.255.84.92:46015.
How to join
How do I join PhaQ?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 162.255.84.92:46015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://byjohnsongaming.com/.