Rust START Server
Online 212.22.93.196:28054 checked 1h 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 15 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 68% 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 0h. 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 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 17:20 UTC13d ago | 3 | – | running | 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
Population
How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Rust START Server places at #15,248, within the top 68% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rust START Server?
The count reads 0 players on Rust START Server, which has 10 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?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust START Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; 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): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^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?
Rust START Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the 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 2 weeks.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust START Server?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?
The force wipe is the only wipe Rust START Server takes, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 13 days 1 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Settings
Which map does Rust START Server run?
A procedural map of size 2,000 from seed 13825, generated by the game, is in use on Rust START Server. 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. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust START Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows for Rust START Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does Rust START Server run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 63 server fps, with 44 as the lowest. Up to 16,951 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,934 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. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 12 days 22 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 15 October 2026.
Where is Rust START Server located?
A region is not published by Rust START Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 212.22.93.196:28054 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Rust START Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 212.22.93.196:28054. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.