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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,044NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Gamers Union

Online NA 66.51.98.51:28045 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 3
Rank
#4,044
top 18% · #670 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75104:0013:0022:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608004:0013:0022:0006:0015:0001:00

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 18% of all ranked servers, top 36% 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 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

9.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 15h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 3 OctFri 2 OctMon 14 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 00:28 UTC26d ago 1 – running 0
Fri 2 Oct, 00:03 UTC27d ago 1 – 1 days 0
Mon 14 Sep, 03:22 UTC44d ago 3 halved by day 1 17.9 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 Gamers Union rank against other Rust servers?

Gamers Union ranks #4,044 on seven-day player hours, #670 in North America, and sits in the top 18% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Gamers Union?

The count reads 0 players on Gamers Union, which has 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 3. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 04:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Gamers Union mean?

These are the tags Gamers Union publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts5 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 5 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; 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; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Gamers Union?

Gamers Union appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Gamers Union?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on Gamers Union?

Gamers Union wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 2 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does Gamers Union run?

The map on Gamers Union is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1337. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Gamers Union?

Nothing in Gamers Union's name says how gather works. A group may hold 5 players at most. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: 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. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Gamers Union run?

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

Does Gamers Union run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 23 server fps, with a low of 5. The entity count reached 122,966: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,798 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Gamers Union online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Gamers Union online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Gamers Union located?

By its NA tag, Gamers Union says it is in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 66.51.98.51:28045.

Getting in

How do I join Gamers Union?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.98.51:28045. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts5,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts5
Group limit Teams can have no more than 5 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
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.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.