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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,211habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 64.40.9.181:28149 checked 9m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#6,211
top 28%
Last wipe
7d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75108:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304008:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 28% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 6

Coming wipes

7d 11h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
20d 10h
Wed 18 Nov, 17:53 UTC
35d 11h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctWed 23 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 24 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 17:53 UTC7d ago 1 – running 0
Wed 23 Sep, 18:12 UTC35d ago 1 halved by day 6 28 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Server places at #6,211, within the top 28% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

The count reads 0 players on Rust Server, which has 100 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 20:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?

On Rust Population, Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 24 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 6.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

The wipe rhythm for Rust Server is every 4 weeks on Wednesday at 17:53 UTC. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 7 days 13 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 14787758. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Rust Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 9 server fps, with a low of 5. Up to 90,056 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,351 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Server is up and running at the moment. About 5 days 16 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 64.40.9.181:28149.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 64.40.9.181:28149 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.