Element card · group Modded · atomic number 13,234, its rank
The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.28:28015 checked 35d 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
daily · 1 is best
Top 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC42d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageSettings and map
What map is in play on The Sandbox?
The map on The Sandbox is procedural, made by the game.
What rules has The Sandbox set, and what settings are in force?
The name of The Sandbox carries no gather rate. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. Play runs as survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins in use: Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which location is The Sandbox based in?
Nothing about a region is published by The Sandbox. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. 137.83.97.28:28015 is the address it uses.
Which Rust version is The Sandbox on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what The Sandbox uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
How reliably does The Sandbox stay online?
Right now The Sandbox is offline, with its last appearance 35 days 11 hours ago. It was online for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 0% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Data Lab was on 13 September 2026.
Wipe schedule
What is the wiping pattern on The Sandbox?
The Sandbox's wipe history on record is too thin yet to tell its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe, which wipes all Rust servers, is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 42 days 3 hours ago the current world was made.
On The Sandbox, what happens when wipe day arrives?
Averaged across its recent wipes, the busiest point drew 1 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 0 hours after it began.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on The Sandbox?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): Player slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the game's default: 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2633, so your game needs the same version; cs163794 (Build): Build number: 163794; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set here; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings: that is the tag list The Sandbox publishes, and the game's server browser reads it. The tags carry more as well: current players, the queue and when the world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does The Sandbox come up?
You will find The Sandbox on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Modded Rust servers, measured and Rust build and creative servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
Against other Rust servers, where does The Sandbox place?
The Sandbox sits at #13,234 for seven-day player hours, placing it in the top 57% of ranked servers.
What does the current player count on The Sandbox tell you?
The last recorded sighting of The Sandbox was 35 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now.
How to join
What steps get you onto The Sandbox?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job through Steam.