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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,158EUfirst seen 15 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Online EU 37.230.137.172:20600 checked 8m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#15,158
top 68% · #2524 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 0h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75119:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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 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 68% of all ranked servers, top 86% in EU. 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 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 0h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 0h
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, 22:28 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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

A Rust Server ranks #15,158 on seven-day player hours, #2,524 in Europe, and sits in the top 68% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

The count reads 0 players on A Rust Server, which has 5 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 07:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 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; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following 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; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 A Rust Server?

A Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; 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 A Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

A Rust Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 20 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 1,000 with seed 555770983. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 240 server fps, with 239 as the lowest. Up to 2,663 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,450 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

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

Right now, A Rust Server is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 5 days 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 159 of 168 hours were online, or 95%. On 15 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Rust Server located?

The EU tag is how A Rust Server places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 37.230.137.172:20600.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 37.230.137.172:20600; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://hosting.alkad.org/.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,EU,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players 5 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.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following 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.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.