The Rust Server
Offline 202.189.16.204:28075 checked 37d 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 22 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 22 Sep, 05:34 UTC37d 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 The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,490 for player hours, which puts The Rust Server in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Rust Server?
The Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 37 days 10 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Rust Server mean?
These are the tags The Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; 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): 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 The Rust Server?
On Rust Population, The Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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 schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Rust Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
Too few wipes are on record for The Rust Server 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 37 days 11 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does The Rust Server run?
A procedural map of size 4,000 from seed 966264843, generated by the game, is in use on The Rust Server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Rust Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does The Rust Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Linux for The Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw The Rust Server 37 days 10 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Rust Server located?
Nothing published by The Rust Server states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 202.189.16.204:28075 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join The Rust Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 202.189.16.204:28075; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.