Rust
Offline 90.188.4.171:28808 checked 24d 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 71% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 09:39 UTC24d ago | 0 | – | 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
Player counts
How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Rust places at #15,989, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rust?
At this count Rust is offline, with its last sighting 24 days 17 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rust mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^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 Rust?
Rust appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rust?
Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust?
Too few wipes are on record for Rust 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. 24 days 18 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust run?
The map on Rust is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Rust?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, 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. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rust run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Rust uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Rust was last seen 24 days 17 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 14 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rust located?
A region is not published by Rust. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 90.188.4.171:28808 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Rust?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 90.188.4.171:28808; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.