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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,803habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Oct 2026

Rust START Server

Online 212.22.93.93:28044 checked 2h ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#11,803
top 53%
Last wipe
8d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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 20 Oct. 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 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 53% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. The force wipe

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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 #11,803, within the top 53% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust START Server?

The count reads 0 players on Rust START Server, which has 100 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

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): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 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): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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?

These Rust Population lists include Rust START Server: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Rust START Server?

An estimate from the force wipe gives Rust START Server's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Counted from 8 days 5 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Rust START Server run?

A procedural map of size 1,800 from seed 1605290779, 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?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust START Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. 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. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust START Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 64 server fps, with a low of 37. Up to 14,465 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 1,584 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Rust START Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust START Server online now. About 8 days 1 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 20 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. You will find it at 212.22.93.93:28044.

How to join

How do I join Rust START Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 212.22.93.93:28044; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 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 Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

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.