Rusty Tux
NA 16.59.128.4:28015 checked 17d 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 bestTop 72% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 11 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 14 Sep, 21:18 UTC29d 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
Quick answers
Server rules
What settings does Rusty Tux run?
No gather rate appears in the name Rusty Tux. That is the game's default: groups of up to 8 players. survival is its mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. Community is its section in the server browser. Its own label is vanilla: vanilla: the standard game, with no changes to rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is off: VAC, from Valve.
Which map is active on Rusty Tux?
Size 4,500, seed 1220438900, generated by the game: the procedural map on Rusty Tux. Same size and seed, same map: RustMaps shows it from this page.
Server population
How many players are on Rusty Tux?
Last seen 17 days 14 hours ago, Rusty Tux is offline at the moment.
What is Rusty Tux's ranking?
With a global rank of #16,879 for player hours over the last week, Rusty Tux is #1,701 in North America and in the top 72% of ranked servers.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Rusty Tux?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Rusty Tux: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp100 (Max players): It holds 100 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game's default; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs build 165217; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): Region code left unset; ^m (Monthly): The server wipes monthly, in line with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Vanilla: the standard game, with no changes to rates, kits or rules; NA (North America): North America is the category it falls under in the server browser. The tags carry its players now, its queue and the time its world was made as well, and the top of this page displays them.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover Rusty Tux?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include Rusty Tux: Rust community servers for clans, North American Rust servers and Vanilla servers for clans and zergs. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server info
How reliable is Rusty Tux, and is it up?
Rusty Tux is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 17 days 14 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 0%: 0 hours up out of 168. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
What version is Rusty Tux using?
On Linux, Rusty Tux runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
Where can you find Rusty Tux?
With its NA tag, Rusty Tux lists itself in North America. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. You can reach it at 16.59.128.4:28015.
Wipe cycle
What happens on wipe day on Rusty Tux?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 11 hours in.
When does Rusty Tux wipe?
Its only wipe is the monthly force wipe for Rusty Tux. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 29 days 17 hours ago is when its present world was created. The tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
How to join
What steps do I take to join Rusty Tux?
Join by entering client.connect 16.59.128.4:28015 in the console (press F1 first). Or use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Region
NA
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.