The Ponderosa
Online 64.40.8.66:28019 checked 9m 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 69% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 12:26 UTC23d ago | 0 | – | 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 The Ponderosa rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Ponderosa places at #15,348, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Ponderosa?
The count reads 0 players on The Ponderosa, which has 40 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Ponderosa mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Ponderosa publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 The Ponderosa?
The Ponderosa appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Ponderosa?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Ponderosa?
Too few wipes are on record for The Ponderosa to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 23 days 8 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does The Ponderosa run?
The map on The Ponderosa is procedural, made by the game at size 5,800 from seed 1. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Ponderosa?
Nothing in The Ponderosa's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Ponderosa run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Ponderosa uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does The Ponderosa run smoothly?
It ran at 29 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 8. Up to 66,080 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 8,833 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is The Ponderosa online, and how reliable is it?
You will find The Ponderosa online now. About 14 days 12 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Ponderosa located?
No region is published by The Ponderosa. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 64.40.8.66:28019 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join The Ponderosa?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.