Rust Server
Online OC 159.196.89.7:28015 checked 14m 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 24% of all ranked servers, top 60% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 23.5 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 4players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 2
Coming wipes
- in 7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 19hThu 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 3, 26 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 OCT 2026Sun 25 Oct, 07:41 UTC3d ago |
3 | – | running | 0 |
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 19:15 UTC FW27d ago |
4 | halved by day 2 | 23.5 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
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Rust Server?
No gather rate appears in the name Rust Server. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Oxide plugins are run on it. The server describes itself as vanilla: filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on Rust Server?
Size 4,800, seed 542957058: the game generates the procedural map on Rust Server. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
Where does Rust Server appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Rust Server: Oceania servers, filed A to Z and Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Who operates Rust Server?
Rust Server publishes a rusticraiders.com.au hostname, as does 1 other server we track, which points to one operator for them all.
What is meant by the tags on Rust Server?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Rust Server gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp50 (Max players): Player cap: 50; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; 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; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Filed under vanilla: Facepunch's game, unaltered; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays; OC (Oceania): Server browser region: Oceania. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipes and resets
How does a wipe day run on Rust Server?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 4 players. The latest wipe peaked 26 hours in. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 2 the crowd had fallen below half when it didn't hold.
When does Rust Server wipe?
The only wipe on Rust Server is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, taken by every Rust server. The world it runs now was made 3 days 16 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Players and ranking
How is Rust Server ranked compared with the rest?
On seven-day player hours, Rust Server takes #5,434 overall and #124 in Oceania, within the top 24% of ranked servers.
Is Rust Server quiet or crowded?
Rust Server is currently showing 0 players on 50 slots. Averaged across seven days: 0 players, peaking at 3. Over the last 48 hours, 02:00 UTC drew the highest average: 1 players.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is Rust Server running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Rust Server runs. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
Is Rust Server reachable, and does it stay up?
Right now Rust Server is up and running. About 3 hours ago, by its own uptime figure, is when it last restarted. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 100%, 168 hours out of 168. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
How well does Rust Server perform?
The last 48 hours give an average of 20 server fps and a floor of 11. The entity count reached 136,341, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use reached as much as 4,781 MB. Lag, to players, is low fps and an entity count that climbs.
Where in the world is Rust Server hosted?
Filed under Oceania by its own listing, Rust Server carries the OC tag. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 159.196.89.7:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Rust Server?
Enter client.connect 159.196.89.7:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. The website can be found at https://www.rusticraiders.com.au.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,OC,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
OC
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.