Observer Island
Offline 62.118.66.17:28015 checked 2d 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 36% 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 25 Oct, 14:52 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 24 Oct, 16:41 UTC3d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 1 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 12:36 UTC5d ago | 1 | held half | 2.2 days | 1 |
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?
Over the past week it ranks #7,970 for player hours, which puts Observer Island in the top 36% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Observer Island?
Observer Island is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 days 1 hours ago. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Tags
What do the server tags on Observer Island mean?
These are the tags Observer Island publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Observer Island?
These Rust Population lists include Observer Island: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Observer Island?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Observer Island?
There is no next wipe to predict: Observer Island 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 2 days 2 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Observer Island?
No gather rate appears in the name of Observer Island. 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. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Observer Island run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Observer Island. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Observer Island online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Observer Island was last seen 2 days 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 15 of 168 hours were online, or 9%. On 19 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Observer Island located?
A region is not published by Observer Island. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 62.118.66.17:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Observer Island?
Either enter client.connect 62.118.66.17:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.