Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 11m 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
Population
How does Africa rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Africa places at #15,327, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is Africa?
The count reads 0 players on Africa, which has 30 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Africa mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Africa is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp30 (Max players): 30 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2631; cs156658 (Build): The game build is 156658; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Africa?
Africa appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Africa?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Africa's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 117 days 4 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Africa run?
Africa uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,250 with seed 1104. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Africa?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Africa states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. 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.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Africa run?
On Windows, Africa runs Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Africa run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 88 server fps, with a low of 61. Up to 100,086 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,926 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Africa online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Africa is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 10 days 23 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Africa located?
No region tag comes from Africa, but the name points to Africa. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 198.73.57.173:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Africa?
Either enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.