The Rust Server
Offline 43.227.71.245:20631 checked 22h 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 19 Sep. 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9 OCT 2026Fri 9 Oct, 00:27 UTC19d ago |
0 | – | 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 The Rust Server, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name The Rust Server. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. 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 Server?
The Rust Server runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 1175069549, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Rust Server?
These lists on Rust Server Index take The Rust Server: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: 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 Server?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Rust Server gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs167231 (Build): Build on file: 167231; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at The Rust Server?
Its recent wipes averaged 0 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
How often is The Rust Server wiped, and on what schedule?
The record holds too few of The Rust Server'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 19 days 23 hours.
Population
Where does The Rust Server sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #15,344 for The Rust Server on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
Is The Rust Server quiet or crowded?
The last check found The Rust Server offline, last seen 22 hours ago. Averaged over the last seven days, the count is 0 players.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is The Rust Server running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231, on Linux, is what The Rust Server runs. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
What is the uptime and current status of The Rust Server?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of The Rust Server was 22 hours ago. Its reported uptime gives the last restart as roughly 18 days 23 hours ago. It was up 168 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. On 19 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
How well does The Rust Server perform?
The last 48 hours give an average of 114 server fps and a floor of 34. The entity count reached 45,737, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 3,792 MB of memory was in use. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Where in the world is The Rust Server hosted?
There is no region on record for The Rust Server; it publishes none. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 43.227.71.245:20631.
How to join
How can you connect to The Rust Server?
Enter client.connect 43.227.71.245:20631 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?,v2634,gmrust,cs167231,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs167231
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.