Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 101,018 players 11,889 servers 3,946 with someone on 400 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
‹ All serversspecimen record
Specimen recordcat. no. 8,797habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

Oxide Server

Offline 180.73.62.27:28015 checked 1d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#8,797
top 39%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 39% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 16:21 UTC1d ago – – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Oxide Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Oxide Server places at #8,797, within the top 39% of ranked servers.

How busy is Oxide Server?

At this count Oxide Server is offline, with its last sighting 24 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Oxide Server mean?

These are the tags Oxide Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; 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): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^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 Oxide Server?

Oxide Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Oxide Server?

The record holds too few of Oxide Server's wipes to show a 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 24 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Oxide Server run?

Oxide Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Oxide Server?

Nothing in Oxide Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 Oxide Server run?

On Windows, Oxide Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Oxide Server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Oxide Server was last seen 24 hours ago. It was up 6% of the time over the last 4 full days, 6 out of 96 hours. On 24 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Oxide Server located?

Nothing published by Oxide Server states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 180.73.62.27:28015.

How to join

How do I join Oxide Server?

Either enter client.connect 180.73.62.27:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The game mode is vanilla survival.
mp1
Max players The server has 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
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.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.