PVE
Offline 104.28.246.233:28015 checked 5d ago
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 42% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
21 OCT 2026Wed 21 Oct, 11:25 UTC7d ago |
1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does PVE run?
The name of PVE does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Filed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on PVE?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on PVE.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry PVE?
These lists on Rust Server Index take PVE: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Which tags are attached to PVE, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by PVE and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp500 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on PVE?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is PVE wiped, and on what schedule?
PVE's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. 7 days 19 hours is when its current world was made.
Player counts
What position does PVE hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #9,418 for PVE on seven-day player hours, top 42% overall.
How many players are on PVE at the moment?
Filed under offline: PVE, last seen 5 days 2 hours ago. The seven-day average is 1 players; the peak reached 1.
Server details
What Rust version is PVE on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what you will find on PVE. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is PVE, and is it online now?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of PVE was 5 days 2 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 8 of 168 hours were up, 5% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 14 September 2026.
Where in the world is PVE hosted?
PVE gives no region at all. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 104.28.246.233:28015.
Connecting
How can you connect to PVE?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.28.246.233:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.