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Observing 57,954 players 11,720 servers 3,334 with someone on 174 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,338habitat unknownfirst seen 26 Oct 2026

Sparks Rust

Offline 74.244.73.74:28015 checked 3d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,338
top 69%
Last wipe
3d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Sparks Rust rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Sparks Rust places at #15,338, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Sparks Rust?

At this count Sparks Rust is offline, with its last sighting 3 days 5 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Sparks Rust mean?

These are the tags Sparks Rust 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; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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. 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 Sparks Rust?

These Rust Population lists include Sparks Rust: 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 week and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Sparks Rust?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Sparks Rust's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 3 days 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Sparks Rust run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Sparks Rust.

What are the rules and settings on Sparks Rust?

Nothing in Sparks Rust's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Sparks Rust run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Sparks Rust uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Sparks Rust online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Sparks Rust 3 days 5 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 2 full days, 0 out of 48 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 26 October 2026.

Where is Sparks Rust located?

No region is published by Sparks Rust. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 74.244.73.74:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Sparks Rust?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 74.244.73.74:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players The server has 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.