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Live readings Servers11,679 Players49,738 Populated3,164 Fresh wipes · 3h118 Sampled every 5 min

Element card · group Modded · atomic number 14,670, its rank

Rust

Online 176.9.0.214:27018 checked 9m ago

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Atomic mass · players now 0/ 40 0% full Room to join
7-day average0peak 1
Rank · atomic number#14,670top 66%
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
Result 01

Players

Method
Every five minutes for the last two hours, from the Steam server list; hourly average and peak over 48 hours; daily average and peak over 90 days. UTC. Dashed lines are its wipes and the force wipes.
Result
AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Result 02

Server performance

Method
Asked of the server itself, hour by hour and day by day: its frame rate, the entities in its world and the memory it holds.
Result
02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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.

Result 03

Rank

Result

daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 66% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

wipe-day peak2players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 42 hours in.

Reaction log

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 04:26 UTC27d ago 2 – 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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Settings and map

What map is in play on Rust?

A procedural map of size 5,000 with seed 1337 runs on Rust, generated by the game. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name of the map is: ATHLON 5000.

How is Rust configured, and what rules apply?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. You get up to 5 players per group. Play runs as survival, raiding, building and gathering: the standard game. Raids and player fights are part of play here. In the server browser it sits under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.

Server facts

Which location is Rust based in?

There is no region on record for Rust. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. Connect at 176.9.0.214:27018.

On what Rust version does Rust operate?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rust uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.

How reliably does Rust stay online?

Right now, Rust is reachable. The uptime it reports suggests it restarted roughly 3 hours ago. It was online for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 99% uptime. On 13 September 2026, Rust Data Lab saw it for the first time.

How well does Rust perform?

The last 48 hours show an average of 60 server fps and a minimum of 60. The entity count reached 14,400, including buildings, deployables and all other world items. Memory use peaked at 2,937 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipe schedule

When does Rust wipe, and how often?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust to reveal a rhythm. A monthly force wipe happens on every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 4 hours ago.

On Rust, what happens when wipe day arrives?

Averaged across its recent wipes, the busiest point drew 2 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 42 hours after it began.

Tags, lists

How should you read the tags on Rust?

gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts5 (Group limit): The team limit is 5; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard in the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set here; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) powers the plugins; ^z (Modded): Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded: that is the tag list Rust publishes, and the game's server browser reads it. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Rust appear in?

The Rust Data Lab lists that include Rust are: Modded Rust servers, measured. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Player numbers

What position does Rust hold among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours table has Rust at #14,670, in the top 66% of ranked servers.

How full is Rust right now?

Of 40 slots, 0 are taken on Rust right now. The week's figures average 0 players and top out at 1.

How to join

What is the way to join Rust?

In Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 176.9.0.214:27018. Or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and connect automatically.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts5,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Standard Rust survival is the game here.
mp40
Max players It has 40 slots.
ts5
Group limit The team limit is 5.
v2635
Protocol The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version.
cs168909
Build Build number: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, standard in the game.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) powers the plugins.
^z
Modded Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded.

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.