TheBigDawg
Offline 198.15.7.232:28015 checked 34d 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 71% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 14 Sep, 02:20 UTC45d 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
Player counts
How does TheBigDawg rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place TheBigDawg at #16,032, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is TheBigDawg?
TheBigDawg is offline at this count; we last saw it 34 days 9 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on TheBigDawg mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags TheBigDawg publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): 10 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; cs163794 (Build): This server runs game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; 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 TheBigDawg?
TheBigDawg 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on TheBigDawg?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on TheBigDawg?
Too few wipes are on record for TheBigDawg to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 45 days 4 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on TheBigDawg?
Nothing in TheBigDawg's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does TheBigDawg run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what TheBigDawg uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is TheBigDawg online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw TheBigDawg 34 days 9 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is TheBigDawg located?
A region is not published by TheBigDawg. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 198.15.7.232:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join TheBigDawg?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 198.15.7.232:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.