Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,373habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 162.43.35.187:28015 checked 2h ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,373
top 69%
Last wipe
25d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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.

0.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 3 OctFri 2 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 28 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 07:36 UTC25d ago 2 – running 0
Fri 2 Oct, 11:02 UTC26d ago 1 – 0.9 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,373 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166586 (Build): The game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include Rust Server: 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, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 28 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Rust Server's wipes are on record. 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 25 days 11 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,000 from seed 1211081291, generated by the game, is in use on Rust Server. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: 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. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux for Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 115 server fps, with a low of 63. The entity count reached 102,729: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 4,204 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 2 days 2 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 162.43.35.187:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 162.43.35.187:28015 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166586
Build The game build is 166586.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; 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.