Rusty Bucket
Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 6m 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC26d ago | 2 | – | 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 Rusty Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #8,876 for player hours, which puts Rusty Bucket in the top 40% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Bucket?
The count reads 0 players on Rusty Bucket, which has 2 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Bucket mean?
These are the tags Rusty Bucket publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 Rusty Bucket?
These Rust Population lists include Rusty Bucket: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Bucket?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Bucket?
Once a month Rusty Bucket wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 26 days 11 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does Rusty Bucket run?
Rusty Bucket uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Bucket?
Nothing in Rusty Bucket's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rusty Bucket run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Rusty Bucket uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Rusty Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Rusty Bucket online now. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 19 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Bucket located?
No region is published by Rusty Bucket. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 73.8.224.163:28015.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Bucket?
Either enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.