Back Soon
Offline 178.230.27.196:28015 checked 40d 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
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Back Soon rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #13,326 for player hours, which puts Back Soon in the top – of all ranked servers.
How busy is Back Soon?
We have no live count for Back Soon right now. It was last seen 40 days 9 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Back Soon mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Back Soon is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^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 Back Soon?
These Rust Population lists include Back Soon: Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Back Soon?
The record holds too few of Back Soon's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 40 days 13 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Back Soon?
No gather rate appears in the name of Back Soon. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get pve here, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Back Soon run?
On Windows, Back Soon runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Back Soon online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Back Soon was last seen 40 days 9 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Back Soon located?
Nothing published by Back Soon states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.230.27.196:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Back Soon?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.230.27.196:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.