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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,749habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

IceSparks Server

Online 83.223.207.138:28600 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes vanillapremium

Measurements

Players now
0/ 125
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#7,749
top 35%
Last wipe
8d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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 21 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep22 Oct24 Oct25 Oct27 Oct29 Oct

Top 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 9h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 37 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 01:31 UTC8d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does IceSparks Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place IceSparks Server at #7,749, within the top 35% of all ranked servers.

How busy is IceSparks Server?

The count reads 0 players on IceSparks Server, which has 125 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 IceSparks Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags IceSparks Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp125 (Max players): You can join up to 125 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status. 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 IceSparks Server?

IceSparks Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on IceSparks Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 37 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on IceSparks Server?

The force wipe is the only wipe IceSparks Server takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 8 days 8 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does IceSparks Server run?

The map on IceSparks Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 2147483647. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on IceSparks Server?

Nothing in IceSparks Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does IceSparks Server run?

On Windows, IceSparks Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does IceSparks Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 35 server fps, with a low of 6. Entities peaked at 99,911, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,361 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is IceSparks Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find IceSparks Server online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 13 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is IceSparks Server located?

A region is not published by IceSparks Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 83.223.207.138:28600.

How to join

How do I join IceSparks Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 83.223.207.138:28600. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. Joining requires Rust's premium status.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp125,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,^q,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp125
Max players You can join up to 125 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Joining requires Rust's premium status.

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.