Rusty Balloon Knot
Offline 172.240.53.131:2856 checked 15d 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 10hThu 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 2, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 21:02 UTC FW27d ago |
2 | – | 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.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Rusty Balloon Knot. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are run on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Rusty Balloon Knot?
Rusty Balloon Knot runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1862422565, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Rusty Balloon Knot?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Rusty Balloon Knot: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to Rusty Balloon Knot, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Rusty Balloon Knot and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp150 (Max players): 150 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): The game build here is 166494; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. 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 Rusty Balloon Knot?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. 25 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Rusty Balloon Knot wipe?
One wipe a month is all Rusty Balloon Knot runs, and it comes with the 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 27 days 11 hours.
Players and ranking
How is Rusty Balloon Knot ranked compared with the rest?
On player hours over seven days, Rusty Balloon Knot takes #15,230, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Rusty Balloon Knot look like?
The last check found Rusty Balloon Knot offline, last seen 15 days 8 hours ago.
Server facts
Which Rust build is Rusty Balloon Knot running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Linux is what you will find on Rusty Balloon Knot. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is Rusty Balloon Knot, and is it online now?
As of now Rusty Balloon Knot is offline, with its last appearance 15 days 8 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. On 1 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is Rusty Balloon Knot hosted?
Rusty Balloon Knot 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. Connection details: 172.240.53.131:2856.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Rusty Balloon Knot?
Enter client.connect 172.240.53.131:2856 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 mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp150
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.