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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,262habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

Launcher rust

Online 5.39.17.28:22480 checked 22m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,262
top 69%
Last wipe
20d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040001:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

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 5 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct10 Oct15 Oct19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 9 OctWed 7 OctMon 5 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 9 Oct, 13:05 UTC20d ago 3 – running 1
Wed 7 Oct, 12:54 UTC22d ago 8 held half 2 days 0
Mon 5 Oct, 11:39 UTC24d ago 8 held half 2.1 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Launcher rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Launcher rust at #15,262, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Launcher rust?

Launcher rust holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Launcher rust mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Launcher rust is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs167058 (Build): Game build: 167058; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Launcher rust?

These Rust Population lists include Launcher rust: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Launcher rust?

Averaged over recent wipes, 6 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Launcher rust?

No next wipe can be predicted for Launcher rust, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 20 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Launcher rust run?

A procedural map of size 2,500 from seed 30464677, generated by the game, is in use on Launcher rust. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Launcher rust?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Launcher rust states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Launcher rust run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167058 on Linux for Launcher rust. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Launcher rust run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 230 server fps, with a low of 153. The entity count reached 28,567: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,767 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Launcher rust online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Launcher rust is online. About 40 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 85% of the time over the last 7 full days, 143 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 5 October 2026.

Where is Launcher rust located?

A region is not published by Launcher rust. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 5.39.17.28:22480.

Getting in

How do I join Launcher rust?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.39.17.28:22480; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167058,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players You can join up to 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs167058
Build Game build: 167058.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.