The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.22:28015 checked 25d 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 70% 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.
- usual gap
- 8.6 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC26d ago |
1 | – | running | 0 |
23 SEP 2026Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC34d ago |
1 | held half | 8.6 days | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does The Sandbox run?
No gather rate appears in the name The Sandbox. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on The Sandbox?
The Sandbox runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Sandbox?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is The Sandbox: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style and Build and creative servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to The Sandbox, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags The Sandbox publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp10 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 10; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): It runs build 166494; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on The Sandbox?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 1 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
Which wipe timetable does The Sandbox follow?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of The Sandbox's wipes. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 26 days 5 hours.
Players and ranking
Where does The Sandbox sit in the rankings?
On player hours over seven days, The Sandbox takes #15,985, within the top 70% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Sandbox at the moment?
The last check found The Sandbox offline, last seen 25 days 2 hours ago.
Server facts
Which Rust build is The Sandbox running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Windows, is what The Sandbox runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What is the uptime and current status of The Sandbox?
As of now The Sandbox is offline, with its last appearance 25 days 2 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 22 September 2026.
Where in the world is The Sandbox hosted?
There is no region on record for The Sandbox; it publishes none. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 137.83.97.22:28015.
Connecting
How can you connect to The Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.