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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,344EUfirst seen 19 Sep 2026

The Rust Show

Online EU 66.51.99.155:28005 checked 11m ago

monthly wipes moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,344
top 69% · #2551 in EU
Last wipe
19d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123416:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246816:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

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 19 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 69% of all ranked servers, top 87% in EU. 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 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

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

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 10 Oct, 05:11 UTC19d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does The Rust Show rank against other Rust servers?

The Rust Show ranks #15,344 on seven-day player hours, #2,551 in Europe, and sits in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is The Rust Show?

Of its 50 slots, The Rust Show is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on The Rust Show mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags The Rust Show publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 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): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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 The Rust Show?

These Rust Population lists include The Rust Show: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on The Rust Show?

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 Rust Show?

The Rust Show wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 19 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does The Rust Show run?

The map on The Rust Show is procedural, made by the game at size 2,000 from seed 1. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on The Rust Show?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Rust Show. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does The Rust Show run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rust Show uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does The Rust Show run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities peaked at 14,607, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 1,622 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is The Rust Show online, and how reliable is it?

The Rust Show is up and running at the moment. About 7 days ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is The Rust Show located?

With its EU tag, The Rust Show places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 66.51.99.155:28005 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join The Rust Show?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.99.155:28005. 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?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,EU,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 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 The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.