Element card · group Modded · atomic number 14,746, its rank
[AU] Meltdown
Offline 144.6.253.187:28015 checked 26d 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 65% 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.
Wipes
newest first| 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.
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Quick answers
from the figures on this pageMap and rules
What map is in play on [AU] Meltdown?
A procedural map runs on [AU] Meltdown, generated by the game.
What rules has [AU] Meltdown set, and what settings are in force?
No gather rate appears in the name of [AU] Meltdown. No group limit is published. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's toughest setting. You can fight other players and raid them. Plugins or settings change the game, so the browser lists it under Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which location is [AU] Meltdown based in?
Going by its name rather than a tag, [AU] Meltdown points to Oceania. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. You will find it at 144.6.253.187:28015.
On what Rust version does [AU] Meltdown operate?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what [AU] Meltdown uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
Does [AU] Meltdown stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?
[AU] Meltdown is not online at the moment; the last sighting was 26 days 5 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, giving 0% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Data Lab was on 3 October 2026.
Wipe days
How often does a wipe happen on [AU] Meltdown, and at what time?
[AU] Meltdown's wipe history on record is too thin yet to tell its rhythm. A monthly force wipe happens on every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Counting back, the current world began 26 days 14 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags [AU] Meltdown carries?
These are the tags [AU] Meltdown makes public for the server browser to read: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp10 (Max players): 10 is the slot count; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are not available on this server; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2634, so your game needs the same version; cs166652 (Build): It runs build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank; ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run on Carbon. 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 [AU] Meltdown come up?
You will find [AU] Meltdown on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Rust servers in Oceania and Modded Rust servers, measured. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y.
Player numbers
Against other Rust servers, where does [AU] Meltdown place?
[AU] Meltdown sits at #14,746 for seven-day player hours, placing it in the top 65% of ranked servers.
How many players does [AU] Meltdown have at the moment?
No live signal from [AU] Meltdown right now, which was last seen 26 days 5 hours ago.
Connection
What steps get you onto [AU] Meltdown?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 144.6.253.187:28015. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job through Steam.