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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,309habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Oct 2026

Epic server rust

Online 203.16.163.255:28015 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
2/ 20
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
2
peak 12
Rank
#3,309
top 15%
Last wipe
3h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0246822:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
010020030040022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTCWIPE

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 25 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
12k4k6k8k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 15% 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.

2.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
12
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 12, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 17:56 UTC3h ago – – running 0
Sun 25 Oct, 20:01 UTC3d ago 12 – – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Epic server rust rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Epic server rust places at #3,309, within the top 15% of ranked servers.

How busy is Epic server rust?

The count reads 2 players on Epic server rust, which has 20 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 2 players and a peak of 12. Look at the last 48 hours and 23:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 6 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Epic server rust mean?

These are the tags Epic server rust publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): The server has 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; 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. 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 Epic server rust?

Epic server rust 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; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Epic server rust?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 12 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Epic server rust?

Too few wipes are on record for Epic server rust 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. 3 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Epic server rust run?

Epic server rust uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 2,500 with seed 77760. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Epic server rust?

Nothing in Epic server rust's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Epic server rust run?

On Linux, Epic server rust runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Epic server rust run smoothly?

It ran at 220 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 189. The entity count reached 48,547: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,091 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Epic server rust online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Epic server rust online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 2 full days, 48 out of 48 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 25 October 2026.

Where is Epic server rust located?

No region is published by Epic server rust. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 203.16.163.255:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Epic server rust?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 203.16.163.255:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp20
Max players The server has 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.