The Rust Bucket
Offline 173.237.43.23:20000 checked 6d 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 4 Oct. 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.
- usual gap
- 4.1 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10 OCT 2026Sat 10 Oct, 00:49 UTC19d ago |
3 | – | running | 3 |
5 OCT 2026Mon 5 Oct, 21:50 UTC23d ago |
3 | held half | 4.1 days | 3 |
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
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on The Rust Bucket?
The name of The Rust Bucket does not state a gather rate. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is in use on The Rust Bucket?
Size 3,000, seed 42069: the game generates the procedural map on The Rust Bucket. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Rust Bucket?
The Rust Server Index lists that include The Rust Bucket are Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on The Rust Bucket?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Rust Bucket gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs167781 (Build): The game build here is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $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.
Wipes and resets
What happens on wipe day at The Rust Bucket?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 3 players on average. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
When does The Rust Bucket wipe?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of The Rust Bucket'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 19 days 7 hours.
Player counts
What position does The Rust Bucket hold among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, The Rust Bucket takes #15,338, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Rust Bucket at the moment?
At present The Rust Bucket is offline; its last sighting was 6 days 21 hours ago. 0 players is the average over the past seven days.
Server facts
What version does The Rust Bucket use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Linux, is what The Rust Bucket runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is The Rust Bucket reachable, and does it stay up?
Last seen 6 days 21 hours ago, The Rust Bucket is offline right now. Of the last 7 full days, 12 of 168 hours were up, 7% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 4 October 2026.
Which region is The Rust Bucket in?
No region is published by The Rust Bucket. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 173.237.43.23:20000.
How to join
What is the way onto The Rust Bucket?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that 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.