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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,640NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox

Online NA 66.51.99.163:28008 checked 12m ago

monthly wipes moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 8
Rank
#3,640
top 16% · #605 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608014:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 16% of all ranked servers, top 33% 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 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

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

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 19 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:13 UTC FW27d ago 1 – running 5

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 Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?

Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox ranks #3,640 on seven-day player hours, #605 in North America, and sits in the top 16% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

Of its 40 slots, Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 8. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 01:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox 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; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like; ^k (Build server): Use this server to practise and design bases; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears 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 Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

These Rust Population lists include Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox: Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers, Rust creative servers, counted live and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 19 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

The force wipe is the only wipe Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox takes, 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 27 days 18 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox run?

The map on Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1337. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. build & creative is what it runs, building in a sandbox, with nothing to gather. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox run smoothly?

It ran at 60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 60. Up to 8,023 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,439 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 25 hours ago. 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 Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox located?

With its NA tag, Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox places itself 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 66.51.99.163:28008.

How to join

How do I join Rusty Goats | Creative | Build | Sandbox?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.99.163:28008; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/TjqW7Cwed5.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^c,^k,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

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.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^c
Creative No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like.
^k
Build server Use this server to practise and design bases.

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

NA
North America In the server browser it appears 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.