Sanctuary Rust PVE
Online NA 66.51.96.72:28030 checked 14m 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 30% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 14 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 5players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 5
Coming wipes
- in 7d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 11hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 18:06 UTC FW27d ago |
4 | – | running | 0 |
17 SEP 2026Thu 17 Sep, 18:31 UTC41d ago |
6 | halved by day 5 | 14 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.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does Sanctuary Rust PVE run?
The name of Sanctuary Rust PVE does not state a gather rate. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs pve, no combat between players. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are run on it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
Size 3,650, seed 214404319: the game generates the procedural map on Sanctuary Rust PVE. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
Where does Sanctuary Rust PVE appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Sanctuary Rust PVE: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style, Rust PvE servers, filed A to Z and North American Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Whose server is Sanctuary Rust PVE?
No other tracked server uses the sanctuarypve.com hostname that Sanctuary Rust PVE publishes.
What is meant by the tags on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
These are the tags Sanctuary Rust PVE publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; NA (North America): Server browser region: North America. 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
What happens on wipe day at Sanctuary Rust PVE?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 5 players on average. The latest wipe peaked 5 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe 0% of the time. By day 5 the crowd had fallen below half when it didn't hold.
How often is Sanctuary Rust PVE wiped, and on what schedule?
One wipe a month is all Sanctuary Rust PVE runs, and it comes with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its present world dates from 27 days 13 hours. Its tags state a wipe schedule of once a month.
Players and ranking
Where does Sanctuary Rust PVE sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Sanctuary Rust PVE at #6,644 and #1,045 in North America, among the top 30% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Sanctuary Rust PVE look like?
The live count for Sanctuary Rust PVE stands at 0 players, out of 50 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players; the peak reached 2. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 21:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server facts
What Rust version is Sanctuary Rust PVE on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Sanctuary Rust PVE runs. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
Is Sanctuary Rust PVE reachable, and does it stay up?
Right now Sanctuary Rust PVE is up and running. Its reported uptime gives the last restart as roughly 59 minutes ago. It was up 166 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.
How well does Sanctuary Rust PVE perform?
Server fps held at 60 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 55. The entity count reached 115,130, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use reached as much as 3,953 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
Where in the world is Sanctuary Rust PVE hosted?
The NA tag places Sanctuary Rust PVE, by its own listing, in North America. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 66.51.96.72:28030.
Joining the server
How can you connect to Sanctuary Rust PVE?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.96.72:28030. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you. The website can be found at https://sanctuaryrust.com.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.