Phool's Gold
Online 198.73.57.166:28035 checked 13m 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 69% 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
Player counts
How does Phool's Gold rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,349 for player hours, which puts Phool's Gold in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Phool's Gold?
Of its 30 slots, Phool's Gold is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on Phool's Gold mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Phool's Gold is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp30 (Max players): The server has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs163207 (Build): The game build is 163207; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; 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 Phool's Gold?
Phool's Gold appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Phool's Gold?
Too few wipes are on record for Phool's Gold to show its 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 54 days 9 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Phool's Gold run?
The map on Phool's Gold is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 648252. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Phool's Gold?
Nothing in Phool's Gold's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Phool's Gold run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207 on Windows is what Phool's Gold uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Phool's Gold run smoothly?
It ran at 90 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 75. The entity count reached 118,736: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 6,118 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Phool's Gold online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Phool's Gold is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 13 days 15 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Phool's Gold located?
No region is published by Phool's Gold. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 198.73.57.166:28035.
Getting in
How do I join Phool's Gold?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 198.73.57.166:28035. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.