Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.119:28024 checked 3h 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 8 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 20% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in, with 1 in the queue.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct, 10:16 UTC2d ago | 2+1 queue | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 19:27 UTC6d ago | 2+1 queue | held half | 3.6 days | 0 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 12:27 UTC13d ago | 2+1 queue | halved by day 4 | 7.3 days | 0 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 19:18 UTC14d ago | 2 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 12:51 UTC20d ago | 1 | halved by day 5 | 6.3 days | 1 |
| Wed 7 Oct, 19:33 UTC21d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 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.
Quick answers
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 #4,422, within the top 20% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rust START Server?
Of its 2 slots, Rust START Server is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 14:00 UTC, when an average of 2 players were on.
Tags
What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?
These are the tags Rust START Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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?
Rust START Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust START Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. At the peak of the latest wipe, 0 hours in, 1 more were queued. In 33% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. By day 4.5 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.
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. 2 days 9 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Settings
Which map does Rust START Server run?
Rust START Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 685042857. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it 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. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rust START Server run?
On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 60 server fps, with a low of 24. Up to 126,075 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,146 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?
Rust START Server is up and running at the moment. About 7 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 7 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rust START Server located?
Nothing published by Rust START Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 212.22.93.119:28024 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Rust START Server?
Either enter client.connect 212.22.93.119:28024 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.