Sandkasten
Online 147.93.162.142:29215 checked 15m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 8d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 36d 22hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 18:11 UTC FW26d 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.
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 Sandkasten run?
No gather rate appears in the name Sandkasten. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. Vanilla is the server's own description: filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on Sandkasten?
Size 3,700, seed 2064416874: the game generates the procedural map on Sandkasten. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
Where does Sandkasten appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Sandkasten: Community Rust servers, indexed and Vanilla Rust servers. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on Sandkasten?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Sandkasten gives gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^v (Vanilla): Filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipes and resets
How does a wipe day run on Sandkasten?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 0 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Sandkasten wipe?
One wipe a month is all Sandkasten runs, and it comes with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, as the force wipe that reaches every Rust server. The world it runs now was made 26 days 2 hours.
Population
What position does Sandkasten hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #7,100 for Sandkasten on seven-day player hours, top 32% overall.
Is Sandkasten quiet or crowded?
The live count for Sandkasten stands at 0 players, out of 50 slots. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. Filed under busiest hour: 21:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, averaging 1 players.
Server details
What version does Sandkasten use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what you will find on Sandkasten. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What is the uptime and current status of Sandkasten?
You will find Sandkasten online as of now. About 5 days ago, by its own uptime figure, is when it last restarted. It was up 168 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
Is the performance on Sandkasten good?
Server fps held at 57 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 11. The entity count reached 74,340, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 2,863 MB of memory was in use. Lag, to players, is low fps and an entity count that climbs.
Which region is Sandkasten in?
Sandkasten gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 147.93.162.142:29215.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Sandkasten?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 147.93.162.142:29215. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ is where its website lives.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Difficulty
^v
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.