The Doghouse
Online 152.53.247.139:28015 checked 12m 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 69% 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, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
16 OCT 2026Fri 16 Oct, 10:45 UTC13d ago |
1 | – | 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 The Doghouse run?
No gather rate appears in the name The Doghouse. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on The Doghouse?
The Doghouse runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Lists and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is The Doghouse filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include The Doghouse are Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following 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.
How should you read the tags listed for The Doghouse?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Doghouse gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 5; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It runs build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at The Doghouse?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
When does The Doghouse wipe?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of The Doghouse's wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 13 days 5 hours.
Player counts
How is The Doghouse ranked compared with the rest?
On player hours over seven days, The Doghouse takes #15,327, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
Is The Doghouse quiet or crowded?
Filed under live counts: The Doghouse, 0 players on 5 slots at present. Filed under seven-day average: 0 players.
Operator and status
What Rust version is The Doghouse on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Linux, is what The Doghouse runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is The Doghouse, and is it online now?
You will find The Doghouse online as of now. It was up 167 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
Which region is The Doghouse in?
The Doghouse gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 152.53.247.139:28015.
How to join
What steps lead onto The Doghouse?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 152.53.247.139:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs167781
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.