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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,707habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.93:28024 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#4,707
top 21%
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75110:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 21% 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 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

1.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 9h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 OctThu 1 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in, with 1 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 16:54 UTC26d ago 1+1 queue – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 15:41 UTC27d ago 1 – 1.1 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

Population

How does Rust START Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust START Server at #4,707, within the top 21% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust START Server?

Rust START Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 1 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 10:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

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): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust START Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peaking 1 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd had 1 more waiting in the queue.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

Rust START Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 26 days 16 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?

Rust START Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 1,000 with 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?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust START Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. 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 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Rust START Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 65 server fps, with 44 as the lowest. Up to 6,067 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,705 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

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 5 days 21 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. 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. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 212.22.93.93:28024.

How to join

How do I join Rust START Server?

Either enter client.connect 212.22.93.93:28024 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.