Rusty Balloon Knot
Offline 172.240.53.131:2856 checked 15d 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:02 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | running | 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 Rusty Balloon Knot rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rusty Balloon Knot at #15,230, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Balloon Knot?
At this count Rusty Balloon Knot is offline, with its last sighting 15 days 5 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Balloon Knot mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Balloon Knot publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): The server has 150 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rusty Balloon Knot?
On Rust Population, Rusty Balloon Knot 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.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Balloon Knot?
Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 25 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Balloon Knot?
Rusty Balloon Knot wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 27 days 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
The map on Rusty Balloon Knot is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 1862422565. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Balloon Knot?
Nothing in Rusty Balloon Knot's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Linux is what Rusty Balloon Knot uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Rusty Balloon Knot online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Rusty Balloon Knot was last seen 15 days 5 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 1 October 2026.
Where is Rusty Balloon Knot located?
A region is not published by Rusty Balloon Knot. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 172.240.53.131:2856.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Balloon Knot?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 172.240.53.131:2856; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.