Rust Data LabData lab · live
Live readings Servers11,802 Players69,058 Populated3,653 Fresh wipes · 3h129 Sampled every 5 min

Element card · group Community · atomic number 15,348, its rank

Rust Server

Online 98.96.163.210:28015 checked 10m ago

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Atomic mass · players now 0/ 10 0% full Room to join
7-day average0peak –
Rank · atomic number#15,348top 69%
Last wipe259d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe 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
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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
05010015020022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Reaction kinetics

Wipe schedule

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

Reaction log

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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 page

Map and rules

What map is in play on Rust Server?

The map on Rust Server is procedural at size 4,500 with seed 1337, made by the game. Same size and seed give the same map, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.

What rules has Rust Server set, and what settings are in force?

Nothing in the name of Rust Server gives a gather rate. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 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 Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.

Server details

What region hosts Rust Server?

There is no region on record for Rust Server. What a server states is what Rust Data Lab shows for location; no lookup of the machine's whereabouts is made. Connect at 98.96.163.210:28015.

What Rust version does Rust Server currently run?

On Linux, Rust Server is running Rust network protocol 2621 and build 142930. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.

How dependable is Rust Server for staying online?

Rust Server is live as of now. The uptime it reports suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 7 hours ago. It was online for 168 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 100% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Data Lab was on 13 September 2026.

Is Rust Server known for smooth running?

Server fps averaged 92 over the last 48 hours, with 75 as the lowest. The entity count reached 151,458, including buildings, deployables and all other world items. The highest memory usage was 3,957 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipe days

How often does a wipe happen on Rust Server, and at what time?

Rust Server'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. 259 days 9 hours ago the current world was made.

Where it appears

How should you read the tags on Rust Server?

These are the tags Rust Server makes public for the server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp10 (Max players): Player slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the default the game ships with; v2621 (Protocol): Protocol 2621 is required; join only if your game matches it; cs142930 (Build): The game build is 142930; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank. 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.

Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does Rust Server come up?

You will find Rust Server on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Rust community servers, measured. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Player numbers

Against other Rust servers, where does Rust Server place?

Rust Server sits at #15,348 for seven-day player hours, placing it in the top 69% of ranked servers.

How full is Rust Server right now?

At the moment Rust Server has 0 of its 10 slots filled. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.

Connection

What steps get you onto Rust Server?

In Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 98.96.163.210:28015. Or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and connect automatically.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2621,gmrust,cs142930,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Standard Rust survival is the game here.
mp10
Max players Player slots: 10.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team, the default the game ships with.
v2621
Protocol Protocol 2621 is required; join only if your game matches it.
cs142930
Build The game build is 142930.
ptrak
Networking This runs on RakNet, the standard layer.
$r?
Region code The region field is left blank.

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.