Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,840habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RUST Server

Online 37.153.157.35:28025 checked 13m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 30
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#5,840
top 26%
Last wipe
7d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75114:0016:0006:0008:0010:0012:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020014:0016:0006:0008:0010:0012:00

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 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct21 Oct28 Oct

Top 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

13.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 5

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctThu 1 OctFri 25 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 20 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 11:57 UTC7d ago 2 – running 1
Thu 1 Oct, 18:08 UTC FW26d ago 1 held half 19.7 days 0
Fri 25 Sep, 07:49 UTC33d ago 1 halved by day 5 6.4 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 Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place RUST Server at #5,840, within the top 26% of all ranked servers.

How busy is RUST Server?

RUST Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 30 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 10:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on RUST Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags RUST Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): 30 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Server?

These Rust Population lists include RUST Server: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RUST Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 20 hours in. In 50% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 5 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RUST Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for RUST Server, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 7 days 1 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does RUST Server run?

The map on RUST Server is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 2346641398. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on RUST Server?

Nothing in RUST Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in 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 Server run?

On Windows, RUST Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does RUST Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 117 server fps, with 109 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 69,573, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,668 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is RUST Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RUST Server is online. About 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 82% of the time over the last 7 full days, 138 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is RUST Server located?

A region is not published by RUST Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 37.153.157.35:28025.

How to join

How do I join RUST Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 37.153.157.35:28025; 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 mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp30
Max players 30 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
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.