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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,021habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.105:28034 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#15,021
top 68%
Last wipe
19d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep26 Sep11 Oct17 Oct22 Oct28 Oct

Top 68% 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 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

19.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 21h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 9 OctSat 19 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 45 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 9 Oct, 07:43 UTC19d ago 1 – running 0
Sat 19 Sep, 17:10 UTC39d ago 1 held half 19.6 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 START Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust START Server places at #15,021, within the top 68% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust START Server?

Of its 1 slots, Rust START Server is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust START Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167231 (Build): Game build: 167231; 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. 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 Rust START Server?

These Rust Population lists include Rust START Server: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust START Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 45 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

The force wipe is the only wipe Rust START Server takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 19 days 13 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust START Server run?

Rust START Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,000 with seed 1605290779. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust START Server?

Nothing in Rust START Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust START Server run?

On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 64 server fps, with a low of 59. Entities peaked at 48,136, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,330 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust START Server online now. About 17 days 12 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust START Server located?

Nothing published by Rust START Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 212.22.93.105:28034.

Getting in

How do I join Rust START Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 212.22.93.105:28034. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167231,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players The server has 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs167231
Build Game build: 167231.
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.

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.