The Thunderdome
Offline 174.56.227.165:49183 checked 5d 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.
- usual gap
- 6 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, 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, 7 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 18:37 UTC FW27d ago |
3 | – | running | 0 |
25 SEP 2026Fri 25 Sep, 18:28 UTC33d ago |
2 | held half | 6 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
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on The Thunderdome?
You will find no gather rate in the name of The Thunderdome. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is in use on The Thunderdome?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what The Thunderdome runs.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is The Thunderdome filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include The Thunderdome are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for The Thunderdome?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Thunderdome gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp20 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 20; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs166494 (Build): The game build here is 166494; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day at The Thunderdome?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 7 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
How often is The Thunderdome wiped, and on what schedule?
The record holds too few of The Thunderdome's wipes to tell its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. Its present world dates from 27 days 23 hours.
Population
What position does The Thunderdome hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #15,310 for The Thunderdome on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
What does the player count on The Thunderdome look like?
At present The Thunderdome is offline; its last sighting was 5 days 22 hours ago. Averaged over the last seven days, the count is 0 players.
Server details
What Rust version is The Thunderdome on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what you will find on The Thunderdome. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
What is the uptime and current status of The Thunderdome?
As of now The Thunderdome is offline, with its last appearance 5 days 22 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 44 of 168 hours were up, 26% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 25 September 2026.
Where in the world is The Thunderdome hosted?
No region is published by The Thunderdome. 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 174.56.227.165:49183.
Joining the server
How can you connect to The Thunderdome?
Enter client.connect 174.56.227.165:49183 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp20
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.