Rust
EU 168.100.161.203:27915 checked 11m 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 88% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
from its schedule tagNext wipe Thursday 22 October, 11:28 UTC, in 6d 19h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 11:28 UTC4h ago | – | – | 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.
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Quick answers
Rules and settings
What settings does Rust run?
No gather rate appears in the name Rust. The group cap is 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser lists it under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are running on it. The word it uses for itself is vanilla: vanilla: the standard game, with no changes to rates, kits or rules. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is active on Rust?
The game generates the procedural map of size 3,850 on Rust with seed 1337. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
Player count
What is the population like on Rust?
Right now, 0 players are on Rust, which has 40 slots. Averaged over the last week, the player count is 0.
What position does Rust hold in the server rankings?
For player hours in the last week, Rust ranks #15,836 overall and #2,513 in Europe, placing it in the top 72% of ranked servers.
Tags and filters
What is the meaning of the tags on Rust?
For the game's server browser, Rust publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp40 (Max players): It holds 40 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): There's no region code here; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe cycle; ^v (Vanilla): Vanilla: the standard game, with no changes to rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Carbon plugin framework is running; EU (Europe): In the server browser this one sits under Europe. 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 Rust appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include Rust: EU Rust servers for clans and Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
About the server
How reliable is Rust, and is it up?
Rust is up and running as you read this. The uptime figure it gives suggests it restarted around 2 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 100%: 168 hours up out of 168. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 16 September 2026.
How well does Rust perform?
Server fps held an average of 5 for the last 48 hours, with a minimum of 5. It reached a maximum of 83,061 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At its highest, memory usage hit 6,418 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is caused by low fps and an increasing number of entities.
What version is Rust using?
On Linux, Rust runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam will update your game to that protocol.
What is the location of Rust?
The EU tag is what Rust uses to list itself in Europe. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 168.100.161.203:27915.
Wipe days
When does Rust wipe?
With too few wipes recorded to confirm Rust's schedule, the prediction comes from its tag. It is due to wipe next on Thursday 22 October at 11:28 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 4 hours ago. The tags list a wipe schedule of once a week.
Join the server
What steps do I take to join Rust?
Join by entering client.connect 168.100.161.203:27915 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
EU
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.