The Underground
Online 69.41.184.182:2228 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 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, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct, 22:54 UTC12d 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 The Underground rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,290 for player hours, which puts The Underground in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Underground?
The Underground holds 0 players at the moment, out of 150 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Underground mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Underground publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp150 (Max players): 150 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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 Underground?
The Underground appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Underground?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Underground?
Too few wipes are on record for The Underground 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. Counted from 12 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does The Underground run?
The Underground uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,250 with 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 The Underground?
Nothing in The Underground's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Underground run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for The Underground. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does The Underground run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 89 server fps, with a low of 52. Up to 98,043 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 5,350 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is The Underground online, and how reliable is it?
The Underground is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 11 days 23 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Underground located?
Nothing published by The Underground states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 69.41.184.182:2228.
How to join
How do I join The Underground?
Either enter client.connect 69.41.184.182:2228 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. For more, visit its website: https://therustvillage.com/.