The Saloon
Offline 172.240.236.243:28015 checked 5d 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 4 Oct. 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 6, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11 Oct, 00:09 UTC16d ago | 6 | – | running | 3 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 01:33 UTC23d ago | 5 | – | 6.9 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
Player counts
How does The Saloon rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Saloon places at #15,405, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Saloon?
The Saloon is offline at this count; we last saw it 5 days 12 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Saloon mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Saloon publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp15 (Max players): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 The Saloon?
These Rust Population lists include The Saloon: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Saloon?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 6 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Saloon?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Saloon'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 16 days 23 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does The Saloon run?
A procedural map of size 2,500 from seed 17274, generated by the game, is in use on The Saloon. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Saloon?
Nothing in The Saloon's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Saloon run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for The Saloon. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is The Saloon online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw The Saloon 5 days 12 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 60 of 168 hours were online, or 36%. On 4 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Saloon located?
Nothing published by The Saloon states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 172.240.236.243:28015.
Getting in
How do I join The Saloon?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 172.240.236.243:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.