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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,373habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

NSW RUST | SMALL

Online 45.45.238.235:28080 checked 2h ago

monthly wipes vanilla

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,373
top 69%
Last wipe
24d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. 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 23h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 23h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 23:27 UTC24d ago 2 – 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 NSW RUST | SMALL rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, NSW RUST | SMALL places at #15,373, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is NSW RUST | SMALL?

Of its 50 slots, NSW RUST | SMALL is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on NSW RUST | SMALL mean?

These are the tags NSW RUST | SMALL publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; 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; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. 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 NSW RUST | SMALL?

These Rust Population lists include NSW RUST | SMALL: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on NSW RUST | SMALL?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on NSW RUST | SMALL?

NSW RUST | SMALL 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. 24 days 20 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does NSW RUST | SMALL run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 2015564866, generated by the game, is in use on NSW RUST | SMALL. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on NSW RUST | SMALL?

Nothing in NSW RUST | SMALL's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does NSW RUST | SMALL run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows for NSW RUST | SMALL. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does NSW RUST | SMALL run smoothly?

It ran at 149 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 112. Entities peaked at 46,228, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,448 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is NSW RUST | SMALL online, and how reliable is it?

NSW RUST | SMALL is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 10 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is NSW RUST | SMALL located?

A region is not published by NSW RUST | SMALL. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 45.45.238.235:28080 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join NSW RUST | SMALL?

Either enter client.connect 45.45.238.235:28080 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?,v2634,^m,^v,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build This server runs game build 166652.
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.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

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.