ion
Online 51.38.155.240:22562 checked 8m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 55% 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 2, 35 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:24 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | 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
Population
How does ion rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, ion places at #12,260, within the top 55% of ranked servers.
How busy is ion?
ion holds 0 players at the moment, out of 67 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on ion mean?
These are the tags ion publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp67 (Max players): You can join up to 67 slots; 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): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 ion?
These Rust Population lists include ion: 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 ion?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. Peak came 35 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on ion?
The record holds too few of ion's wipes to show a 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 27 days 14 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does ion run?
The map on ion is procedural, made by the game at size 4,050 from seed 176909869. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on ion?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: ion states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in 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. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does ion run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what ion uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does ion run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 120 server fps, with 93 as the lowest. Up to 97,311 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,553 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is ion online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, ion is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 18 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is ion located?
No region is published by ion. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 51.38.155.240:22562.
Getting in
How do I join ion?
Either enter client.connect 51.38.155.240:22562 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.