Rust
Online 176.9.0.214:27018 checked 6m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 66% 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 2, 42 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 04:26 UTC27d 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
Population
How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust at #14,662, within the top 66% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust?
Of its 40 slots, Rust is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
Tags
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts5 (Group limit): You may team with up to 5 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; 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): 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 Rust?
Rust appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rust?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 42 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
Too few wipes are on record for Rust to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 7 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Rust run?
Rust uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 5,000 with seed 1337. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is ATHLON 5000.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. The group limit is 5 players. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Rust. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Rust run smoothly?
It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 60. Up to 14,400 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,937 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Rust is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rust located?
A region is not published by Rust. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 176.9.0.214:27018.
How to join
How do I join Rust?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 176.9.0.214:27018; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.