Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.15:28014 checked 8m 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 14 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% 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 11h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Population
How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #15,338, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust START Server?
Rust START Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 1 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe. 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 START Server?
On Rust Population, Rust START Server is filed under these lists: 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 is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?
The next wipe for Rust START Server is estimated from the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 15 days ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust START Server run?
The map on Rust START Server is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 1605290779. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust START Server?
Nothing in Rust START Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust START Server run?
On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
It ran at 54 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 9. The entity count reached 48,296: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,368 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rust START Server is online. About 14 days 22 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 14 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. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 212.22.93.15:28014.
How to join
How do I join Rust START Server?
Either enter client.connect 212.22.93.15:28014 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.