Hosted by metalnode.gg
Offline 66.51.99.93:28017 checked 30d 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly 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 Hosted by metalnode.gg rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Hosted by metalnode.gg at #16,924, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Hosted by metalnode.gg?
We have no live count for Hosted by metalnode.gg right now. It was last seen 30 days 17 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Hosted by metalnode.gg mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Hosted by metalnode.gg is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp15 (Max players): You can join up to 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Hosted by metalnode.gg?
Hosted by metalnode.gg appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Hosted by metalnode.gg?
The record holds too few of Hosted by metalnode.gg's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 44 days 22 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Hosted by metalnode.gg run?
The map on Hosted by metalnode.gg is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 1234. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Hosted by metalnode.gg?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Hosted by metalnode.gg states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. Vanilla is the label it uses: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Hosted by metalnode.gg run?
On Linux, Hosted by metalnode.gg runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Hosted by metalnode.gg online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Hosted by metalnode.gg was last seen 30 days 17 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 15 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Hosted by metalnode.gg located?
No region is published by Hosted by metalnode.gg. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.99.93:28017.
How to join
How do I join Hosted by metalnode.gg?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.99.93:28017; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://metalnode.gg.