Peppers Playground
Offline 174.1.44.120:28015 checked 20d 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 72% 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 1, 8 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:35 UTC FW26d ago | 1 | – | running | 2 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 02:10 UTC34d ago | 1 | held half | 7.8 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 Peppers Playground rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Peppers Playground at #15,912, within the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Peppers Playground?
At this count Peppers Playground is offline, with its last sighting 20 days 10 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Peppers Playground mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Peppers Playground publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp16 (Max players): 16 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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 Peppers Playground?
Peppers Playground appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 notes
What does wipe day look like on Peppers Playground?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 8 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Peppers Playground?
Too few wipes are on record for Peppers Playground 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. Counted from 26 days 18 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Peppers Playground run?
Peppers Playground uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Peppers Playground?
Nothing in Peppers Playground's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 Peppers Playground run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows for Peppers Playground. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Peppers Playground online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Peppers Playground was last seen 20 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 20 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Peppers Playground located?
A region is not published by Peppers Playground. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 174.1.44.120:28015.
How to join
How do I join Peppers Playground?
Either enter client.connect 174.1.44.120:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.