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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,452habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.57:28014 checked 49m ago

monthly wipes

Measurements

Players now
0/ 15
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,452
top 69%
Last wipe
13d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

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 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% 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 8d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

1.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 7

Coming wipes

8d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 1h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 1 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 16:09 UTC13d ago 2 – running 1
Thu 1 Oct, 23:15 UTC FW26d ago 2 halved by day 7 13.7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 00:01 UTC27d ago 2 – 1 days 0
Tue 29 Sep, 10:20 UTC29d ago 2 – 1.6 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 #15,452, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust START Server?

Of its 15 slots, Rust START Server is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust START Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust START Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following 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?

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 schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rust START Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 7 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. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 13 days 1 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust START Server run?

The map on Rust START Server is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 1449794684. 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. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust START Server run?

On Windows, Rust START Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 62 server fps, with 15 as the lowest. Up to 32,486 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,578 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?

Rust START Server is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 13 days ago. 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. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 212.22.93.57:28014 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 212.22.93.57:28014. 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 mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp15
Max players The server has 15 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following 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.