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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,883habitat unknownfirst seen 11 Oct 2026

MAGIC RUST

Online 203.16.163.101:28278 checked 10m ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ 40
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#12,883
top 58%
Last wipe
18d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75119:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00

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 11 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k11 Oct15 Oct18 Oct22 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 58% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 11 Oct, 15:08 UTC18d ago 1 – running 1

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does MAGIC RUST rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #12,883 for player hours, which puts MAGIC RUST in the top 58% of all ranked servers.

How busy is MAGIC RUST?

MAGIC RUST holds 1 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 16:00 UTC, when an average of 0 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on MAGIC RUST mean?

These are the tags MAGIC RUST publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 MAGIC RUST?

These Rust Population lists include MAGIC RUST: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on MAGIC RUST?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on MAGIC RUST?

The record holds too few of MAGIC RUST's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 18 days 2 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does MAGIC RUST run?

The map on MAGIC RUST is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 50000. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on MAGIC RUST?

No gather rate appears in the name of MAGIC RUST. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does MAGIC RUST run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for MAGIC RUST. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does MAGIC RUST run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 219 server fps, with 175 as the lowest. The entity count reached 30,062: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,932 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is MAGIC RUST online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, MAGIC RUST is online. About 3 days 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 11 October 2026.

Where is MAGIC RUST located?

No region is published by MAGIC RUST. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 203.16.163.101:28278 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join MAGIC RUST?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 203.16.163.101:28278. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.