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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,803AFfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Voodoo ZA

Online AF 41.193.158.50:27999 checked 8m ago

monthly wipes vanillacarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 10
Rank
#2,803
top 13% · #7 in AF
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
02.557.51004:0013:0022:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040004:0013:0022:0006:0015:0001:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 23% in AF. 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 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

13
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 15h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 28 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:51 UTC FW27d ago 13 – running 2

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 Voodoo ZA rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Voodoo ZA at #2,803, or #7 in Africa, inside the top 13% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Voodoo ZA?

The count reads 0 players on Voodoo ZA, which has 100 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 10. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 8 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Voodoo ZA mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Voodoo ZA is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; AF (Africa): In the server browser it appears under Africa. 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 Voodoo ZA?

On Rust Population, Voodoo ZA is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: Africa; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Voodoo ZA?

Averaged over recent wipes, 13 players were counted at the busiest point. 28 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Voodoo ZA?

Voodoo ZA wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Voodoo ZA run?

Voodoo ZA uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,700 with seed 164068669. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Voodoo ZA?

No gather rate appears in the name of Voodoo ZA. 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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Carbon plugins are in use here. The server describes itself as vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Voodoo ZA run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Voodoo ZA. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Voodoo ZA run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 257 server fps, with 104 as the lowest. The entity count reached 90,300: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,545 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Voodoo ZA online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Voodoo ZA online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Voodoo ZA located?

With its AF tag, Voodoo ZA places itself in Africa. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 41.193.158.50:27999 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Voodoo ZA?

Either enter client.connect 41.193.158.50:27999 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/D7JYfcdTBV.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^m,^v,AF,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

Region

AF
Africa In the server browser it appears under Africa.

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.