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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,790habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Build Creators

Online 5.42.211.251:28015 checked 10m ago

weekly wipes moddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 16
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#5,790
top 26%
Last wipe
47d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
1d 2h
Thu 29 Oct, 23:25 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75121:0004:0012:0019:0003:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608021:0004:0012:0019:0003:0019:00

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 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 23:25 UTC, in 1d 2h. Weekly: 7 days after its last wipe

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 Creators rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #5,790 for player hours, which puts Build Creators in the top 26% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Build Creators?

Build Creators holds 0 players at the moment, out of 16 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 3 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 04:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Build Creators mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Build Creators publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp16 (Max players): The server has 16 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^c (Creative): Build whatever you like, with no gathering: a sandbox; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 Build Creators?

Build Creators appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers, Rust creative servers, counted live and PvE servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Weekly ^w, PvE ^p, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Build Creators?

The next wipe for Build Creators is estimated from weekly: 7 days after its last wipe. Due on Thursday 29 October at 23:25 UTC is its next wipe. Counted from 47 days 21 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. The tags state a weekly wipe schedule.

Settings

Which map does Build Creators run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1862356125, generated by the game, is in use on Build Creators. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Build Creators?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Build Creators states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs build & creative, no gathering; build in a sandbox. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Build Creators run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Build Creators uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Build Creators run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 41 server fps, with 12 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 176,703, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,049 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Build Creators online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Build Creators online now. About 1 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Build Creators located?

A region is not published by Build Creators. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 5.42.211.251:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Build Creators?

Either enter client.connect 5.42.211.251:28015 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 mp16,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^w,^c,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp16
Max players The server has 16 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly A weekly wipe takes place.

Gameplay

^c
Creative Build whatever you like, with no gathering: a sandbox.
^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

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.