Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 53,199 players 11,735 servers 3,345 with someone on 133 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,344habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RustServer

Online 162.43.15.99:28015 checked 11m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,344
top 69%
Last wipe
23d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0003:0012:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040000:0009:0018:0003:0012:0022:00

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 69% 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.

18.3 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 5 OctThu 17 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 5 Oct, 12:09 UTC23d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 04:15 UTC41d ago 0 – 18.3 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

Player counts

How does RustServer rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,344 for player hours, which puts RustServer in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is RustServer?

Of its 50 slots, RustServer is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Tags

What do the server tags on RustServer mean?

These are the tags RustServer publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 RustServer?

On Rust Population, RustServer is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RustServer?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on RustServer?

Too few wipes are on record for RustServer to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 23 days 11 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does RustServer run?

The map on RustServer is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 19686. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on RustServer?

Nothing in RustServer's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does RustServer run?

On Linux, RustServer runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does RustServer run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 164 server fps, with a low of 113. Up to 49,656 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,770 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is RustServer online, and how reliable is it?

RustServer is up and running at the moment. About 11 days 3 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. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is RustServer located?

A region is not published by RustServer. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 162.43.15.99:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join RustServer?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 162.43.15.99:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.