Build Contest
Online 64.20.40.98:27058 checked 8m 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 22:02 UTC26d 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
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Build Contest?
The name of Build Contest does not state a gather rate. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under build & creative, building in a sandbox, with no gathering. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Oxide plugins are run on it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on Build Contest?
Generated by the game, the procedural map of Build Contest has size 3,500 and seed 1337. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map. The name of the map is Custom Map.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Build Contest?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Build Contest are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style, Build and creative servers and Creative servers, filed under C. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on Build Contest?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Build Contest gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp40 (Max players): Player cap: 40; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^c (Creative): Creative sandbox: nothing to gather, so build as you please; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^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 dates
How does a wipe day run on Build Contest?
Its recent wipes averaged 0 players at peak. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
Which wipe timetable does Build Contest follow?
Build Contest'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. The world it runs now was made 26 days 6 hours.
Players and ranking
How is Build Contest ranked compared with the rest?
On player hours over seven days, Build Contest takes #15,351, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Build Contest look like?
Build Contest is currently showing 0 players on 40 slots. 0 players is the average over the past seven days.
Server facts
What Rust version is Build Contest on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on Build Contest. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
What is the uptime and current status of Build Contest?
You will find Build Contest online as of now. About 4 hours ago, by its own uptime figure, is when it last restarted. Of the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were up, 99% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
What is performance like on Build Contest?
Server fps held at 40 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 40. The entity count reached 66,206, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use reached as much as 2,207 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Where in the world is Build Contest hosted?
Build Contest gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 64.20.40.98:27058.
How to join
What is the way onto Build Contest?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 64.20.40.98:27058. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you. You will find its website at https://discord.com/invite/Yk2bBhmVwP.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^c,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^c
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.