Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,268us3first seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 162.43.50.125:28015 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,268
top 68%
Last wipe
183d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0019:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 68% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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

Population

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Server at #15,268, within the top 68% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Of its 50 slots, Rust Server is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2623 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2623, to join; cs148916 (Build): The game build is 148916; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $rus3 (Region code): Region code: us3; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Rust Server?

On Rust Population, Rust Server is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

The record holds too few of Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. 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 183 days 11 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,100 from seed 50000, 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?

Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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?

On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2623 and build 148916. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 116 server fps, with 61 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 98,432, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 6,926 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust Server online now. About 12 days ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Rust Server located?

Nothing from Rust Server names a region, but its region code is us3. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 162.43.50.125:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 162.43.50.125:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$rus3,v2623,gmrust,cs148916,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2623
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2623, to join.
cs148916
Build The game build is 148916.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$rus3
Region code Region code: us3.

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.