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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,569habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

rustserver

Online 204.111.179.244:28020 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#12,569
top 56%
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123416:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 56% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 3h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 45 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:42 UTC FW27d ago 3 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does rustserver rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place rustserver at #12,569, within the top 56% of all ranked servers.

How busy is rustserver?

rustserver holds 0 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on rustserver mean?

These are the tags rustserver publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; 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; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 rustserver?

On Rust Population, rustserver is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on rustserver?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. Peak came 45 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on rustserver?

rustserver wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 18 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does rustserver run?

The map on rustserver is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on rustserver?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: rustserver states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. 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 rustserver run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what rustserver uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is rustserver online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, rustserver is online. Over the last 7 full days, 125 of 168 hours were online, or 74%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is rustserver located?

No region is published by rustserver. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 204.111.179.244:28020.

How to join

How do I join rustserver?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 204.111.179.244:28020. 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players You can join up to 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
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.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.