Oxide Server
Offline 188.163.58.243:28025 checked 2d 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 64% 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.
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 Oxide Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Oxide Server places at #14,328, within the top 64% of ranked servers.
How busy is Oxide Server?
We have no live count for Oxide Server right now. It was last seen 2 days 7 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
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): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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. 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 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 week.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Oxide Server?
The record holds too few of Oxide Server'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. The world it runs now dates from 6 days 9 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Oxide Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Oxide Server.
What are the rules and settings on Oxide Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Oxide Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Oxide Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Oxide Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Oxide Server online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Oxide Server was last seen 2 days 7 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 2 full days, 0 out of 48 hours. On 26 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Oxide Server located?
Nothing published by Oxide Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 188.163.58.243:28025.
Getting in
How do I join Oxide Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.163.58.243:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.