The Rust Bucket
Offline 173.237.43.23:20000 checked 7d 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 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Oct, 00:49 UTC19d ago | 3 | – | running | 3 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 21:50 UTC24d ago | 3 | held half | 4.1 days | 3 |
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 Rust Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,323 for player hours, which puts The Rust Bucket in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Rust Bucket?
We have no live count for The Rust Bucket right now. It was last seen 7 days 12 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Rust Bucket mean?
What the game's server browser reads from The Rust Bucket is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 The Rust Bucket?
The Rust Bucket 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Rust Bucket?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 3 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Bucket?
Too few wipes are on record for The Rust Bucket to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 19 days 22 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does The Rust Bucket run?
A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 42069, generated by the game, is in use on The Rust Bucket. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Bucket?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Rust Bucket. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 The Rust Bucket run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rust Bucket uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is The Rust Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw The Rust Bucket 7 days 12 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 12 of 168 hours were online, or 7%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 4 October 2026.
Where is The Rust Bucket located?
No region is published by The Rust Bucket. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 173.237.43.23:20000.
Getting in
How do I join The Rust Bucket?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.