Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 82,372 players 11,805 servers 3,637 with someone on 283 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,276habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 168.100.161.129:28129 checked 11m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,276
top 69%
Last wipe
8d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246823:0008:0017:0002:0011:0020:00

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 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.

33.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctThu 17 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 12:55 UTC8d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 15:55 UTC42d ago 0 – 33.9 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 #15,276 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 40 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

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; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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?

Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 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. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 8 days 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 2,000 from seed 123456, 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. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 5 server fps, with a low of 5. The entity count reached 16,922: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 1,358 MB of memory was used. 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. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 8 days 7 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

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 168.100.161.129:28129.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 168.100.161.129:28129 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players You can join up to 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.