Backyard
Online 193.192.59.248:28400 checked 10m 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 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:34 UTC FW26d ago | 0 | – | 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 Backyard rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Backyard at #15,383, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Backyard?
Of its 50 slots, Backyard is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Backyard mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Backyard publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; 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 network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Backyard?
These Rust Population lists include Backyard: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Backyard?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Backyard?
Backyard wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 26 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Backyard run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 2147483647, generated by the game, is in use on Backyard. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Backyard?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Backyard states none. 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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Backyard run?
On Windows, Backyard runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Backyard run smoothly?
It ran at 10 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 4. Up to 74,617 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 1,828 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Backyard online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Backyard is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 1 hours ago. It was up 98% of the time over the last 7 full days, 165 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Backyard located?
Nothing published by Backyard states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 193.192.59.248:28400 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Backyard?
Either enter client.connect 193.192.59.248:28400 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.