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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,349habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Sunny Sandbox

Online 217.177.242.22:28015 checked 13m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,349
top 69%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00

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 7d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 18h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:36 UTC FW27d ago 0 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Sunny Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Sunny Sandbox places at #15,349, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Sunny Sandbox?

The count reads 0 players on Sunny Sandbox, which has 50 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Sunny Sandbox mean?

These are the tags Sunny Sandbox publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Sunny Sandbox?

These Rust Population lists include Sunny Sandbox: Build and creative servers and 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; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Sunny Sandbox?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Sunny Sandbox?

Once a month Sunny Sandbox wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 27 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Sunny Sandbox run?

The map on Sunny Sandbox is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 5341635. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Sunny Sandbox?

Nothing in Sunny Sandbox's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Sunny Sandbox run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Linux is what Sunny Sandbox uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Sunny Sandbox run smoothly?

It ran at 99 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 95. Entities peaked at 66,172, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,095 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Sunny Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?

Sunny Sandbox is up and running at the moment. About 5 days 11 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours were online, or 86%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Sunny Sandbox located?

No region is published by Sunny Sandbox. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 217.177.242.22:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Sunny Sandbox?

Either enter client.connect 217.177.242.22:28015 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166494
Build This server runs game build 166494.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.