Salty Sheep
Online NA 47.205.83.235:28015 checked 12m 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 11 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 58% of all ranked servers, top 75% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 7h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct, 15:22 UTC1d ago | – | – | 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
Player counts
How does Salty Sheep rank against other Rust servers?
Salty Sheep ranks #12,831 on seven-day player hours, #1,404 in North America, and sits in the top 58% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Salty Sheep?
The count reads 0 players on Salty Sheep, which has 20 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Salty Sheep mean?
These are the tags Salty Sheep publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Salty Sheep?
These Rust Population lists include Salty Sheep: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Salty Sheep?
The force wipe is the only wipe Salty Sheep takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 44 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
Which map does Salty Sheep run?
The map on Salty Sheep is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 965939955. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Salty Sheep?
No gather rate appears in the name of Salty Sheep. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Salty Sheep run?
On Windows, Salty Sheep runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Salty Sheep run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 226 server fps, with 167 as the lowest. Up to 91,992 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,865 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Salty Sheep online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Salty Sheep online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 23 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 11 October 2026.
Where is Salty Sheep located?
With its NA tag, Salty Sheep places itself in North America. 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 47.205.83.235:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Salty Sheep?
Either enter client.connect 47.205.83.235:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.