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Specimen recordcat. no. 136NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rusty Moose |US Monthly|

Online NA 205.178.168.52:28010 checked 13m ago

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Measurements

Players now
55/ 200
= 5 players
28% full
7-day average
115
peak 204
Rank
#136
top 0.6% · #30 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
05010015020014:0023:0008:0018:0003:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304014:0023:0008:0018:0003:0012:00

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 17 Sep. 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
110020030040020 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 0.6% of all ranked servers, top 2% in NA. 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 8d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

901
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 5h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02505007501k+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 901, 4 hours in, with 249 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:00 UTC FW26d ago 901+249 queue – running 67

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 Rusty Moose |US Monthly| rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Rusty Moose |US Monthly| at #136, or #30 in North America, inside the top 0.6% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Of its 200 slots, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is using 55 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 115 players and a peak of 204. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 01:00 UTC, averaging 181 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Moose |US Monthly| publishes: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp200 (Max players): 200 slots are available; ts12 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 12 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. 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.

Who runs Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

A moose.gg hostname comes from Rusty Moose |US Monthly| and from 28 other servers we track, which suggests one operator runs them all.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

On Rust Population, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is filed under these lists: Official Rust servers, counted, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 901 players. 249 more waited in the queue when the crowd peaked 4 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Rusty Moose |US Monthly| 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. 26 days 19 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| run?

The map on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is procedural, made by the game at size 4,750 from seed 1337. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Moose Maps.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rusty Moose |US Monthly| states none. Up to 12 players can team together. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Rust's own Official tab carries it. By its own description it is vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. Rust's premium status is required to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| run?

On Linux, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 30 server fps, with a low of 28. The entity count reached 456,763: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 12,135 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| online, and how reliable is it?

Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is up and running at the moment. About 22 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| located?

With its NA tag, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| places itself in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 205.178.168.52:28010.

How to join

How do I join Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Either enter client.connect 205.178.168.52:28010 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Rust's premium status is required to join. You can find its website at https://moose.gg.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts12

On Rust Population

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp200
Max players 200 slots are available.
ts12
Group limit Teams can have no more than 12 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Rust's premium status is required to join.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it appears under North America.

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.