Area 51
Offline 51.89.195.13:26000 checked 45d 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
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
What settings and rules does Area 51 run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Area 51. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are run on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Area 51?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on Area 51.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Area 51?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Area 51: 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.
Which tags are attached to Area 51, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags Area 51 publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs163794 (Build): The game build here is 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe schedule
When does Area 51 wipe?
Area 51's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. Its present world dates from 55 days 4 hours.
Players and ranking
What position does Area 51 hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #15,049 for Area 51 on seven-day player hours, top – overall.
How many players are on Area 51 at the moment?
Filed under offline: Area 51, last seen 45 days 2 hours ago.
Server facts
What version does Area 51 use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux is what you will find on Area 51. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Area 51 reachable, and does it stay up?
As of now Area 51 is offline, with its last appearance 45 days 2 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours out of 168. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
Which region is Area 51 in?
There is no region on record for Area 51; it publishes none. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 51.89.195.13:26000.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Area 51?
Enter client.connect 51.89.195.13:26000 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
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.