Rust
Online 176.9.0.214:27018 checked 7m 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 66% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 42 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 04:26 UTC27d 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.
Settings and map
On Rust, which rules and settings apply?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Rust. The group limit is 5 players. 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. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Rust?
Size 5,000, seed 1337: the game generates the procedural map on Rust. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map. Filed under map name: ATHLON 5000.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Rust?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Rust: 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 Rust?
Filed under these tags, as published by Rust and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts5 (Group limit): Groups are capped at 5; 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): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. 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
What should you expect on Rust when wipe day comes?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 42 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Rust wipe?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of Rust's wipes. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 27 days 7 hours.
Player counts
Where does Rust sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Rust at #14,662, among the top 66% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rust at the moment?
Filed under live counts: Rust, 0 players on 40 slots at present. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Server details
What version does Rust use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Rust runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Rust reachable, and does it stay up?
You will find Rust online as of now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 5 hours ago. It was up 167 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Is the performance on Rust good?
The last 48 hours give an average of 60 server fps and a floor of 60. The entity count reached 14,400, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 2,937 MB of memory was in use. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Which region is Rust in?
No region is published by Rust. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 176.9.0.214:27018.
How to join
How can you connect to Rust?
Enter client.connect 176.9.0.214:27018 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts5,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts5
v2635
cs168909
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.