Rust Server
Online 162.43.23.124:28015 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 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 23% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 14:13 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 20 Sep, 11:38 UTC38d ago | 1 | halved by day 10 | 12.1 days | 1 |
| Sat 19 Sep, 11:46 UTC39d ago | 1 | – | 1 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
Population
How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #5,069 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 23% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust Server?
Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 01:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Rust Server?
Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 10.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
No next wipe can be predicted for Rust Server, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 2 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 1158176010, generated by the game, is in use on Rust Server. 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Rust Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
It ran at 140 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 81. Entities peaked at 73,058, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,780 MB of memory was used. 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. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 3 days 16 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
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. Connect at 162.43.23.124:28015.
How to join
How do I join Rust Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 162.43.23.124:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.