Cold Beer & Rust
Online NA 66.51.99.81:28055 checked 11m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 3 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 35% of all ranked servers, top 61% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Cold Beer & Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put Cold Beer & Rust at #7,769, or #1,142 in North America, inside the top 35% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Cold Beer & Rust?
Cold Beer & Rust holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 21:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Cold Beer & Rust mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Cold Beer & Rust is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts16 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): Build whatever you like, with no gathering: a sandbox; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears 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.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Cold Beer & Rust?
On Rust Population, Cold Beer & Rust is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers, Rust creative servers, counted live and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Cold Beer & Rust?
An estimate from the force wipe gives Cold Beer & Rust's next wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 24 days 18 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Map and rules
Which map does Cold Beer & Rust run?
The map on Cold Beer & Rust is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1092026. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Cold Beer & Rust?
Nothing in Cold Beer & Rust's name says how gather works. A group may hold 16 players at most. build & creative is what it runs, building in a sandbox, with nothing to gather. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Cold Beer & Rust run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Cold Beer & Rust uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Cold Beer & Rust run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 16 server fps, with a low of 5. Up to 117,773 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,183 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Cold Beer & Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Cold Beer & Rust is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 2 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. On 3 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Cold Beer & Rust located?
With its NA tag, Cold Beer & Rust places itself in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.99.81:28055.
Getting in
How do I join Cold Beer & Rust?
Either enter client.connect 66.51.99.81:28055 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.