Rust
Online 178.46.164.19:28015 checked 20m 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 3 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 11:29 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 02:56 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 20:31 UTC13d ago | 1 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 11:03 UTC16d ago | 2 | held half | 3.4 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 10:14 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | 7 days | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:24 UTC24d ago | 2 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 02:52 UTC26d ago | 0 | – | 2.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 10 Sep, 20:29 UTC47d ago | – | – | 20.3 days | 1 |
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?
Over the past week it ranks #13,025 for player hours, which puts Rust in the top 59% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust?
The count reads 0 players on Rust, which has 100 slots.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust?
These Rust Population lists include Rust: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
Irregular times are when Rust wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. 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 12 days 9 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Rust run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 508605506, generated by the game, is in use on Rust. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You will find Oxide running as plugins. Vanilla is the label it uses: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Rust uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust is online. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Rust located?
No region is published by Rust. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.46.164.19:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Rust?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.46.164.19:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.