Element card · group Modded · atomic number 15,358, its rank
Citadel of Pops
Online 69.164.253.186:25603 checked 8m 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 1, 13 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 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
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from the figures on this pageServer setup
What map is in play on Citadel of Pops?
A procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 172852236 runs on Citadel of Pops, generated by the game. Same size and seed give the same map, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
What rules has Citadel of Pops set, and what settings are in force?
The name of Citadel of Pops carries no gather rate. Groups top out at 6 players. survival is the game mode, raiding, building and gathering: the standard game. You can fight other players and raid them. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
Server details
What region hosts Citadel of Pops?
There is no region on record for Citadel of Pops. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. You will find it at 69.164.253.186:25603.
Which Rust version is Citadel of Pops on?
On Linux, Citadel of Pops is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
Does Citadel of Pops stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?
Right now, Citadel of Pops is reachable. The uptime it reports suggests it restarted roughly 15 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.
Is Citadel of Pops known for smooth running?
The last 48 hours show an average of 59 server fps and a minimum of 42. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world added up to as many as 75,576 entities. The highest memory usage was 2,581 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is caused by low fps and an increasing entity count.
Wipes and resets
What is the wiping pattern on Citadel of Pops?
The record holds too few of Citadel of Pops'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. Counting back, the current world began 25 days 16 hours ago.
On Citadel of Pops, what happens when wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes on average reached 1 players at their busiest. Peak numbers on the latest wipe came 13 hours in.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags Citadel of Pops carries?
These are the tags Citadel of Pops makes public for the server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp10 (Max players): 10 is the slot count; ts6 (Group limit): Teams cap at 6 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 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): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Citadel of Pops appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include Citadel of Pops are: Modded Rust servers, measured. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
How does Citadel of Pops compare with other servers in the rankings?
Player hours over the last week put Citadel of Pops at #15,358, inside the top 69% of ranked servers.
How full is Citadel of Pops right now?
At the moment Citadel of Pops has 0 of its 10 slots filled. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
How to join
What steps get you onto Citadel of Pops?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.