The Rust Server
Offline 43.226.128.236:17280 checked 29d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 27 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #16,850 for player hours, which puts The Rust Server in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Rust Server?
The Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 29 days 23 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Rust Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; 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 The Rust Server?
On Rust Population, The Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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 is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Rust Server's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 32 days 7 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does The Rust Server run?
The map on The Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,250 from seed 1112022. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Rust Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Rust Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for The Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, The Rust Server was last seen 29 days 23 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 27 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Rust Server located?
No region is published by The Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 43.226.128.236:17280.
Getting in
How do I join The Rust Server?
Either enter client.connect 43.226.128.236:17280 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://minekuai.com.