RustServer
162.43.8.229:28015 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 bestTop 39% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 2, 7 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 01:11 UTC11d ago | 2 | – | running | 4 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 10:01 UTC16d ago | 4 | – | 4.6 days | 0 |
| Sun 13 Sep, 15:06 UTC31d ago | 0 | – | 14.8 days | 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.
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Quick answers
Server rules
What settings does RustServer run?
There is no gather rate in the name RustServer. The group cap is 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
What is the map on RustServer?
Size 4,500, seed 923793624, generated by the game: the procedural map on RustServer. Same size and seed, same map: RustMaps shows it from this page.
Population
How full is RustServer?
The server RustServer is currently at 0 players out of 500 slots. Averaging 0 players over seven days, it peaked at 2.
What position does RustServer hold in the server rankings?
For player hours over the last week, RustServer is #8,564, which puts it in the top 39% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on RustServer?
What the game's server browser gets from RustServer is this tag list: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp500 (Max players): It holds 500 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634—only players on that version can get in; cs166652 (Build): Build number: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Where does RustServer appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
Rust community servers for clans: that is where you will find RustServer among the Rust Zerg Life rankings. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
Is RustServer currently online and stable?
Right now, RustServer is online. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at roughly 11 days 13 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, which is 100%. The first time Rust Zerg Life saw it was on 13 September 2026.
How well does RustServer perform?
Over the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 61 and never dropped below 29. It reached a maximum of 126,306 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At its highest, memory usage hit 5,817 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is caused by low fps and an increasing number of entities.
Which Rust build does RustServer use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is what RustServer runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What location does RustServer use?
No region is published by RustServer. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 162.43.8.229:28015.
Wipe schedule
What can you expect on wipe day on RustServer?
The average peak for its recent wipes was 2 players. 7 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does RustServer wipe?
There is no next wipe to predict: RustServer wipes at irregular times. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. 11 days 14 hours ago is when its present world was created.
Join the server
What is the process to join RustServer?
Join by entering client.connect 162.43.8.229:28015 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
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.