Squad5 Rust Bucket
Offline 73.8.208.252:28015 checked 38d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 18 Sep, 16:43 UTC40d 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 Squad5 Rust Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,490 for player hours, which puts Squad5 Rust Bucket in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Squad5 Rust Bucket?
We have no live count for Squad5 Rust Bucket right now. It was last seen 38 days 15 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Squad5 Rust Bucket mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Squad5 Rust Bucket publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 Squad5 Rust Bucket?
On Rust Population, Squad5 Rust Bucket 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 notes
What does wipe day look like on Squad5 Rust Bucket?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Squad5 Rust Bucket?
The record holds too few of Squad5 Rust Bucket's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 40 days 5 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Squad5 Rust Bucket run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 12345, generated by the game, is in use on Squad5 Rust Bucket. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Squad5 Rust Bucket?
Nothing in Squad5 Rust Bucket's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Squad5 Rust Bucket run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Linux for Squad5 Rust Bucket. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Squad5 Rust Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Squad5 Rust Bucket was last seen 38 days 15 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Squad5 Rust Bucket located?
No region is published by Squad5 Rust Bucket. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 73.8.208.252:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Squad5 Rust Bucket?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 73.8.208.252:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.