Element card · group Modded · atomic number 15,338, its rank
Build Contest
Online 64.20.40.98:27058 checked 9m 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
daily · 1 is best
Top 69% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 22:02 UTC26d ago | 0 | – | 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
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from the figures on this pageMap and rules
What map is in play on Build Contest?
A procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1337 runs on Build Contest, generated by the game. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.
How is Build Contest configured, and what rules apply?
Nothing in the name of Build Contest gives a gather rate. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. Play runs as build & creative, no gathering: sandbox building. Plugins or settings change the game, so the browser lists it under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Server details
What region hosts Build Contest?
No region is published by Build Contest. 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 64.20.40.98:27058.
On what Rust version does Build Contest operate?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Build Contest uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
How reliably does Build Contest stay online?
At the moment, Build Contest is online. The uptime it reports suggests it restarted roughly 9 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, giving 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.
How well does Build Contest perform?
Server fps averaged 40 over the last 48 hours, with 40 as the lowest. The entity count reached 66,206, including buildings, deployables and all other world items. Up to 2,207 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Wipe schedule
What is the wiping pattern on Build Contest?
The record holds too few of Build Contest's wipes to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe, which wipes all Rust servers, is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 26 days 12 hours ago the current world was made.
On Build Contest, what happens when wipe day arrives?
Averaged across its recent wipes, the busiest point drew 0 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 0 hours after it began.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags Build Contest carries?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): Player slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank; ^c (Creative): No gathering here, just sandbox building of your choosing; ^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 Build Contest 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.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Build Contest appear in?
You will find Build Contest on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Modded Rust servers, measured, Rust build and creative servers and Creative Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Player counts
What position does Build Contest hold among Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week put Build Contest at #15,338, inside the top 69% of ranked servers.
How full is Build Contest right now?
At the moment Build Contest has 0 of its 40 slots filled. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
How to join
What steps get you onto Build Contest?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 64.20.40.98:27058. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job through Steam. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/Yk2bBhmVwP.