Rust for Life
Online EU 159.195.28.216:28015 checked 8m 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 38% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 6.7 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 0%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
Coming wipes
- in 7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 11d 14hMon 9 Nov, 18:27 UTC
- in 25d 14hMon 23 Nov, 18:27 UTC
- in 35d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 39d 14hMon 7 Dec, 18:27 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 19 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 OCT 2026Mon 12 Oct, 18:27 UTC16d ago |
1 | – | running | 0 |
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 12:25 UTC26d ago |
1 | held half | 10.3 days | 0 |
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 23:27 UTC FW27d ago |
1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
22 SEP 2026Tue 22 Sep, 11:15 UTC36d ago |
0 | – | 9.5 days | 0 |
18 SEP 2026Fri 18 Sep, 14:37 UTC40d ago |
0 | – | 3.9 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.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does Rust for Life run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Rust for Life. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are run on it. The server describes itself as vanilla: filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Rust for Life?
Generated by the game, the procedural map of Rust for Life has size 3,000 and seed 2349646. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is Rust for Life filed under?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Rust for Life: Rust servers filed under Europe and Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.
How should you read the tags listed for Rust for Life?
These are the tags Rust for Life publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmvanilla (Game mode): Filed under vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^b (Biweekly): The cycle runs to a wipe every fortnight; ^v (Vanilla): Filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered; ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): The Carbon plugin framework runs here; EU (Europe): Server browser region: Europe. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Rust for Life?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. 19 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
When does Rust for Life wipe?
The prediction follows its tag, because too few of Rust for Life's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now was made 16 days 9 hours. A wipe schedule of every two weeks is published in its tags.
Population
Where does Rust for Life sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Rust for Life at #8,358 and #2,126 in Europe, among the top 38% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust for Life at the moment?
Rust for Life is currently showing 0 players on 100 slots. Averaged across seven days: 0 players, peaking at 1. Filed under busiest hour: 20:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, averaging 1 players.
Server facts
Which Rust build is Rust for Life running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on Rust for Life. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and current status of Rust for Life?
The server is live at this moment: Rust for Life. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 19 hours ago. It was up 167 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
Is the performance on Rust for Life good?
Server fps held at 85 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 7. The entity count reached 72,059, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use reached as much as 3,128 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
Where in the world is Rust for Life hosted?
Filed under Europe by its own listing, Rust for Life carries the EU tag. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 159.195.28.216:28015.
Connecting
What steps lead onto Rust for Life?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 159.195.28.216:28015 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^b,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp100
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^b
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
EU
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.