Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 31,668 players 11,619 servers 2,750 with someone on 74 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,814habitat unknownfirst seen 30 Sep 2026

build-sandbox

Offline 46.138.183.232:28015 checked 7h ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 4
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#6,814
top 31%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0020:0021:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct5 Oct9 Oct12 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 31% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

3.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 4 OctThu 1 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 17:18 UTC24d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 00:15 UTC28d ago 1 – 3.7 days 1

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 build-sandbox rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #6,814 for player hours, which puts build-sandbox in the top 31% of all ranked servers.

How busy is build-sandbox?

build-sandbox is offline at this count; we last saw it 7 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on build-sandbox mean?

These are the tags build-sandbox publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp4 (Max players): You can join up to 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; 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 build-sandbox?

These Rust Population lists include build-sandbox: Build and creative servers and 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 does wipe day look like on build-sandbox?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on build-sandbox?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of build-sandbox's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 24 days 12 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does build-sandbox run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on build-sandbox.

What are the rules and settings on build-sandbox?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: build-sandbox states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does build-sandbox run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for build-sandbox. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is build-sandbox online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw build-sandbox 7 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 23% of the time over the last 7 full days, 38 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 30 September 2026.

Where is build-sandbox located?

A region is not published by build-sandbox. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 46.138.183.232:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join build-sandbox?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 46.138.183.232:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp4
Max players You can join up to 4 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.