Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.196:28044 checked 58m 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 5 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 1h. 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
Player counts
How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #13,947, within the top 63% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust START Server?
The count reads 0 players on Rust START Server, which has 1 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and 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; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $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. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
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. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?
Estimated from the force wipe, that is Rust START Server's next wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 23 days 2 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Settings
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. 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust START Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. 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?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Rust START Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
It ran at 62 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 31. The entity count reached 48,601: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,865 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?
Rust START Server is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 9 days 21 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. On 5 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. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 212.22.93.196:28044.
Getting in
How do I join Rust START Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 212.22.93.196:28044. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.