Observer Island
Offline 62.118.66.12:28015 checked 9d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 14:59 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 17:10 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | 17.9 days | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 05:15 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Observer Island rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Observer Island places at #13,524, within the top 61% of ranked servers.
How busy is Observer Island?
We have no live count for Observer Island right now. It was last seen 9 days 17 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Observer Island mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Observer Island publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Observer Island?
Observer Island appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Observer Island?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Observer Island?
No next wipe can be predicted for Observer Island, 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. The world it runs now dates from 10 days 15 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Observer Island?
Nothing in Observer Island's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Observer Island run?
On Windows, Observer Island runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Observer Island online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Observer Island was last seen 9 days 17 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 30 September 2026.
Where is Observer Island located?
Nothing published by Observer Island states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 62.118.66.12:28015.
How to join
How do I join Observer Island?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 62.118.66.12:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.