Rust Server
Online 162.43.52.216:28015 checked 8m 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 22 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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, 03:02 UTC27d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 10:42 UTC36d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 9.7 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,341 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust Server?
The count reads 0 players on Rust Server, which has 1 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
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; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other. 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: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
The record holds too few of Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 27 days 2 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust Server run?
Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,000 with seed 50000. 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?
Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs pve, no player combat. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?
On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 189 server fps, with a low of 108. Up to 48,494 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,797 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 11 days 8 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 22 September 2026.
Where is Rust Server located?
Nothing published by Rust Server states a region. 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 162.43.52.216:28015.
How to join
How do I join Rust Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 162.43.52.216:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.