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

Rusty Buckets

Online 38.209.108.92:28015 checked 14m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,349
top 69%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0021:0004:0010:0017:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

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, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 5 Oct, 00:54 UTC24d 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

Player counts

How does Rusty Buckets rank against other Rust servers?

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

How busy is Rusty Buckets?

Of its 50 slots, Rusty Buckets is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rusty Buckets mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rusty Buckets is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Rusty Buckets?

Rusty Buckets appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 notes

What does wipe day look like on Rusty Buckets?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Buckets?

Too few wipes are on record for Rusty Buckets to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 24 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty Buckets run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty Buckets.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Buckets?

Nothing in Rusty Buckets's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. 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 Rusty Buckets run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Rusty Buckets. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Rusty Buckets online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rusty Buckets online now. Over the last 7 full days, 146 of 168 hours were online, or 87%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusty Buckets located?

A region is not published by Rusty Buckets. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 38.209.108.92:28015.

How to join

How do I join Rusty Buckets?

Either enter client.connect 38.209.108.92:28015 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?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.