Rusty Moose |US Main|
Online NA 205.178.168.84:28010 checked 11m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 0.1% of all ranked servers, top 0.3% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:58 UTC, in 14h. Every Thursday at 18:58 UTC · medium confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 895, 6 hours in, with 326 in the queue.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 18:58 UTC6d ago | 895+326 queue | – | running | 218 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 18:59 UTC13d ago | 643+1 queue | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 112 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 19:04 UTC20d ago | 1,033+183 queue | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 252 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:00 UTC FW27d ago | – | – | 7 days | 50 |
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
Player counts
How does Rusty Moose |US Main| rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Rusty Moose |US Main| is #30, #5 in North America, placing it in the top 0.1% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Moose |US Main|?
Of its 250 slots, Rusty Moose |US Main| is using 32 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 251 players and a peak of 895. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 05:00 UTC, averaging 71 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Moose |US Main| mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Moose |US Main| 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; mp250 (Max players): 250 slots are available; ts12 (Group limit): The team limit is 12; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^w (Weekly): Every week the server wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to join; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. 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.
Who runs Rusty Moose |US Main|?
The moose.gg hostname that Rusty Moose |US Main| publishes is shared with 28 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rusty Moose |US Main|?
These Rust Population lists include Rusty Moose |US Main|: 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: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 200+ on average; Boxes: Official only and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Moose |US Main|?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 857 players. At the peak of the latest wipe, 6 hours in, 326 more were queued. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Moose |US Main|?
Rusty Moose |US Main| follows a wipe rhythm of every Thursday at 18:58 UTC. On Thursday 29 October at 18:58 UTC its next wipe is due. 6 days 9 hours ago the current world was made. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Rusty Moose |US Main| run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty Moose |US Main|. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Moose Maps.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Moose |US Main|?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Moose |US Main|. The group limit is 12 players. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it in the Official tab in game. By its own description it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You need Rust's premium status to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rusty Moose |US Main| run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rusty Moose |US Main| uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Rusty Moose |US Main| run smoothly?
It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 30. Entities peaked at 335,585, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 9,266 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Rusty Moose |US Main| online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rusty Moose |US Main| is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 13 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rusty Moose |US Main| located?
By its NA tag, Rusty Moose |US Main| says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 205.178.168.84:28010.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Moose |US Main|?
Either enter client.connect 205.178.168.84:28010 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You need Rust's premium status to join. For more, visit its website: https://moose.gg.