Citadel of Pops
Online 69.164.253.186:25603 checked 13m 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 69% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 13 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:41 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Citadel of Pops rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Citadel of Pops at #15,338, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Citadel of Pops?
The count reads 0 players on Citadel of Pops, which has 10 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Citadel of Pops mean?
These are the tags Citadel of Pops publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts6 (Group limit): The team limit is 6; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Citadel of Pops?
On Rust Population, Citadel of Pops is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Citadel of Pops?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 13 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Citadel of Pops?
Too few wipes are on record for Citadel of Pops to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 25 days 23 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does Citadel of Pops run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 172852236, generated by the game, is in use on Citadel of Pops. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Citadel of Pops?
No gather rate appears in the name of Citadel of Pops. A group may hold 6 players at most. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Citadel of Pops run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Citadel of Pops uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Citadel of Pops run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 58 server fps, with a low of 28. The entity count reached 75,576: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 2,581 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Citadel of Pops online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Citadel of Pops online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Citadel of Pops located?
A region is not published by Citadel of Pops. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 69.164.253.186:25603.
How to join
How do I join Citadel of Pops?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.