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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,257habitat unknownfirst seen 15 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 208.52.152.91:28031 checked 15m ago

monthly wipes pve

Measurements

Players now
1/ 40
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#7,257
top 33%
Last wipe
1d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
5d 19h
Mon 2 Nov, 18:52 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75100:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 18:52 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608000:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 18:52 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 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 33% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Monday 2 November, 18:52 UTC, in 5d 19h. Every Monday at 18:52 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
86%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

5d 19h
Mon 2 Nov, 18:52 UTC
8d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
12d 19h
Mon 9 Nov, 18:52 UTC
19d 19h
Mon 16 Nov, 18:52 UTC
26d 19h
Mon 23 Nov, 18:52 UTC
33d 19h
Mon 30 Nov, 18:52 UTC
36d 19h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
40d 19h
Mon 7 Dec, 18:52 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 19 OctMon 12 OctMon 5 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 18:52 UTC1d ago – – running 0
Mon 19 Oct, 18:52 UTC8d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 18:52 UTC15d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Mon 5 Oct, 18:52 UTC22d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 05:15 UTC25d ago 1 halved by day 2 3.6 days 0
Mon 28 Sep, 18:52 UTC29d ago 2 held half 3.4 days 0
Mon 21 Sep, 18:52 UTC36d ago 1 halved by day 2 7 days 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #7,257 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 33% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Of its 40 slots, Rust Server is using 1 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 00:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts10 (Group limit): You may team with up to 10 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world. 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 Rust Server?

Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 50% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Counted by rhythm, Rust Server wipes every Monday at 18:52 UTC. On Monday 2 November at 18:52 UTC its next wipe is due. 28 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 2,000 from seed 495173437. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. A group may hold 10 players at most. You get pve here, no player combat. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 60 server fps, with 60 as the lowest. The entity count reached 19,380: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 1,090 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust Server online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 9 hours ago. It was up 89% of the time over the last 7 full days, 150 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 15 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 208.52.152.91:28031 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 208.52.152.91:28031. 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,^m,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts10

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts10
Group limit You may team with up to 10 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

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.