Citadel of Pops
Online 69.164.253.186:25603 checked 11m 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
- 1players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 13 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 10:41 UTC25d ago |
1 | – | 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
What settings and rules does Citadel of Pops run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Citadel of Pops. The group limit is 6 players. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Citadel of Pops?
Citadel of Pops runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 172852236, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Citadel of Pops?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Citadel of Pops: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for Citadel of Pops?
These are the tags Citadel of Pops publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp10 (Max players): Player cap: 10; ts6 (Group limit): Groups are capped at 6; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Citadel of Pops?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 13 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
Which wipe timetable does Citadel of Pops follow?
The record holds too few of Citadel of Pops's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 25 days 23 hours.
Players and ranking
What position does Citadel of Pops hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #15,338 for Citadel of Pops on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
Is Citadel of Pops quiet or crowded?
The live count for Citadel of Pops stands at 0 players, out of 10 slots. Filed under seven-day average: 0 players.
Server details
Which Rust build is Citadel of Pops running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Citadel of Pops runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Citadel of Pops, and is it online now?
You will find Citadel of Pops online as of now. About 21 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.
How well does Citadel of Pops perform?
Server fps held at 58 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 28. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 75,576 entities. Up to 2,581 MB of memory was in use. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
What is the location of Citadel of Pops?
There is no region on record for Citadel of Pops; it publishes none. 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 69.164.253.186:25603.
Joining the server
How can you connect to Citadel of Pops?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts6,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts6
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.