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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,423habitat unknownfirst seen 14 Sep 2026

_sweep_rust_a

Offline 167.114.157.40:33104 checked 22h ago

monthly wipes vanillapve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,423
top 69%
Last wipe
1d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0004:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

2.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctSat 17 OctSun 4 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 2 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 04:16 UTC1d ago – – running 0
Fri 23 Oct, 22:23 UTC4d ago 0 – 3.2 days 0
Sat 17 Oct, 08:10 UTC10d ago 0 – 6.6 days 0
Sun 4 Oct, 06:35 UTC23d ago 0 – 13.1 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 06:37 UTC25d ago 0 – 2 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 20:54 UTC FW26d ago 0 – 0.4 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 02:14 UTC27d ago 0 – 0.8 days 0
Sat 26 Sep, 19:28 UTC31d ago 0 – 4.3 days 0
Fri 25 Sep, 20:52 UTC32d ago 0 – 0.9 days 0
Fri 25 Sep, 03:41 UTC33d ago 0 – 0.7 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does _sweep_rust_a rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, _sweep_rust_a places at #15,423, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is _sweep_rust_a?

_sweep_rust_a is offline at this count; we last saw it 22 hours ago. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on _sweep_rust_a mean?

What the game's server browser reads from _sweep_rust_a is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other. 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 _sweep_rust_a?

_sweep_rust_a appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed, PvE servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on _sweep_rust_a?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on _sweep_rust_a?

Once a month _sweep_rust_a wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 25 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does _sweep_rust_a run?

The map on _sweep_rust_a is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on _sweep_rust_a?

No gather rate appears in the name of _sweep_rust_a. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs pve, no player combat. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. By its own description it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does _sweep_rust_a run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what _sweep_rust_a uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is _sweep_rust_a online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, _sweep_rust_a was last seen 22 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 15 of 168 hours were online, or 9%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 14 September 2026.

Where is _sweep_rust_a located?

A region is not published by _sweep_rust_a. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 167.114.157.40:33104 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join _sweep_rust_a?

Either enter client.connect 167.114.157.40:33104 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?,v2635,^p,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

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.