spare
Online 172.127.48.243:28015 checked 10m 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. 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
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct, 15:43 UTC11d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 13:19 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | 11.1 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 15:50 UTC25d ago | 0 | – | 2.9 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does spare rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,348 for player hours, which puts spare in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is spare?
spare holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on spare mean?
These are the tags spare publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 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): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^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 spare?
On Rust Population, spare 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on spare?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on spare?
Irregular times are when spare wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 11 days 2 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does spare run?
The map on spare is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on spare?
Nothing in spare's name says how gather works. 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. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does spare run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what spare uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is spare online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, spare is online. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.
Where is spare located?
A region is not published by spare. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 172.127.48.243:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join spare?
Either enter client.connect 172.127.48.243:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.