The Rust Server
Offline 43.226.58.236:17280 checked 24d 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 29 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
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:08 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,962 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 24 days 16 hours ago.
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): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
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. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The 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 The Rust Server?
The Rust Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 16 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does The Rust Server run?
The Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,250 with 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 The Rust Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for The Rust Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, The Rust Server was last seen 24 days 16 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 29 September 2026.
Where is The Rust Server located?
No region is published by The Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 43.226.58.236:17280.
Getting in
How do I join The Rust Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 43.226.58.236:17280; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://minekuai.com.