Rust
Offline 45.81.233.169:28015 checked 17d 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 7 Oct. 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 Oct, 15:17 UTC20d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 7 Oct, 08:15 UTC21d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 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 Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,750 for player hours, which puts Rust in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust?
At this count Rust is offline, with its last sighting 17 days 3 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Rust 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): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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 Rust?
These Rust Population lists include Rust: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rust?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 5 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
Too few wipes are on record for Rust 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. The world it runs now dates from 21 days 12 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Rust run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 12345, generated by the game, is in use on Rust. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
Nothing in Rust's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rust run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for Rust. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Rust was last seen 17 days 3 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 7 October 2026.
Where is Rust located?
Nothing published by Rust states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 45.81.233.169:28015.
How to join
How do I join Rust?
Either enter client.connect 45.81.233.169:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.