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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,640NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Sanctuary Rust PVE

Online NA 66.51.96.72:28030 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#6,640
top 30% · #1043 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123417:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 30% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

14 days
usual gap
between real wipes
5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 5

Coming wipes

8d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 5 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:06 UTC FW26d ago 4 – running 0
Thu 17 Sep, 18:31 UTC40d ago 6 halved by day 5 14 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 Sanctuary Rust PVE rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Sanctuary Rust PVE is #6,640, #1,043 in North America, placing it in the top 30% of ranked servers.

How busy is Sanctuary Rust PVE?

Sanctuary Rust PVE holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2.

Tags

What do the server tags on Sanctuary Rust PVE mean?

These are the tags Sanctuary Rust PVE publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Who runs Sanctuary Rust PVE?

No other server we track publishes the sanctuarypve.com hostname that Sanctuary Rust PVE uses.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Sanctuary Rust PVE?

These Rust Population lists include Sanctuary Rust PVE: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Sanctuary Rust PVE?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 5 players. Peak came 5 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 5.

What is the wipe schedule on Sanctuary Rust PVE?

Once a month Sanctuary Rust PVE wipes, and that is with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 26 days 22 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Sanctuary Rust PVE run?

A procedural map of size 3,650 from seed 214404319, generated by the game, is in use on Sanctuary Rust PVE. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Sanctuary Rust PVE?

Nothing in Sanctuary Rust PVE's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. pve is what it runs, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Sanctuary Rust PVE run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Sanctuary Rust PVE uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Sanctuary Rust PVE run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 56. Entities peaked at 115,130, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,712 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Sanctuary Rust PVE online, and how reliable is it?

Sanctuary Rust PVE is up and running at the moment. About 11 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 98% of the time over the last 7 full days, 165 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Sanctuary Rust PVE located?

By its NA tag, Sanctuary Rust PVE says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 66.51.96.72:28030.

How to join

How do I join Sanctuary Rust PVE?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.96.72:28030. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://sanctuaryrust.com.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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 This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.