Element card · group Modded · atomic number 8,865, its rank
Rusty Bucket
Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 10m 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 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 2 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC26d 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.
Similar servers
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What map is in play on Rusty Bucket?
A procedural map runs on Rusty Bucket, generated by the game.
What rules has Rusty Bucket set, and what settings are in force?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Bucket. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Raids and player fights are part of play here. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins in use: Oxide. Anti-cheat is off: Valve's VAC.
Server details
Which location is Rusty Bucket based in?
Nothing about a region is published by Rusty Bucket. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. 73.8.224.163:28015 is the address it uses.
Which Rust version is Rusty Bucket on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Rusty Bucket uses. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How dependable is Rusty Bucket for staying online?
Rusty Bucket is live as of now. It was online for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 19 September 2026.
Wipe schedule
When does Rusty Bucket wipe, and how often?
Once a month is all Rusty Bucket wipes, with the force wipe. The next time this server wipes will be the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which wipes every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 8 hours ago. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of once a month.
How does Rusty Bucket look on the day of a wipe?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 2 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
Lists and tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Rusty Bucket?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Bucket publishes, which are gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): It has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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): The region field is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded. 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 Rusty Bucket appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include Rusty Bucket are: Modded Rust servers, measured. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Player numbers
What position does Rusty Bucket hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours table has Rusty Bucket at #8,865, in the top 40% of ranked servers.
How many players does Rusty Bucket have at the moment?
At the moment Rusty Bucket has 0 of its 2 slots filled. Averaged over the past week: 0 players, peaking at 2.
How to join
What steps get you onto Rusty Bucket?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.