Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 72,806 players 11,737 servers 3,664 with someone on 128 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,478habitat unknownfirst seen 17 Oct 2026

crabdance

Offline 83.9.193.129:28015 checked 10d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
2/ 5
= 1 player
40% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#11,478
top 53%
Last wipe
22d 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
15k10k15k20k17 Oct18 Oct20 Oct21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct

Top 53% 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 crabdance rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, crabdance places at #11,478, within the top 53% of ranked servers.

How busy is crabdance?

At this count crabdance is offline, with its last sighting 10 days 18 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on crabdance mean?

These are the tags crabdance publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^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 crabdance?

These Rust Population lists include crabdance: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on crabdance?

Too few wipes are on record for crabdance 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. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 21 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does crabdance run?

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

What are the rules and settings on crabdance?

Nothing in crabdance's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does crabdance run?

On Windows, crabdance runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is crabdance online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, crabdance was last seen 10 days 18 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 17 October 2026.

Where is crabdance located?

A region is not published by crabdance. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 83.9.193.129:28015.

Getting in

How do I join crabdance?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 83.9.193.129:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build This server runs game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.