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The Signal

Online NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 13m ago

moddedoxidepve
players now0of 30 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,923top 72% · #1542 in NA
last wipe · restocked89d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

02040608001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

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.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

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

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.

Also on the shelf

Similar servers

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

On the back of the pack

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Can you explain the tags on The Signal?

Here are the tags The Signal lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp30 (Max players): 30 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2631; cs158240 (Build): It runs on build 158240; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): No player-on-player fighting: the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.

Where does The Signal appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?

These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Signal: Modded Rust servers, PvE Rust servers in stock and North America Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules & map

Which map is currently on The Signal?

A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game, is what The Signal runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map. You will see the map name as: Custom Map.

What rules does The Signal enforce, and what settings does it run?

No gather rate is given in the name of The Signal. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. This server runs pve, no player-versus-player fighting. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Server info

Where can you find The Signal?

With its NA tag, The Signal lists in North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. Find it at this address: 104.192.227.51:28015.

How stable is The Signal, and is it currently online?

Open for trade right now: The Signal is online. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 12 days 14 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 144 of 168 hours (86%). It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.

Is The Signal lag-free?

The 48-hour average for server fps is 52, and the floor was 35. The entity count reached 129,681: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,343 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

Which Rust build is The Signal running?

The setup: The Signal on Windows, Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.

Live players

How does The Signal compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?

The last seven days of player hours place The Signal at #15,923, in the top 72% of all ranked servers and #1,542 in North America.

Is The Signal busy at the moment?

You will find 0 players filling 30 slots in The Signal as things stand. Over the last seven days you would have seen 0 players on average.

Wipe info

On what schedule does The Signal wipe?

The wipes of The Signal on record are too few to show its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 89 days 5 hours ago.

Join the server

What is the way to join The Signal?

Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp30
Max players 30 player slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit.
v2631
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2631.
cs158240
Build It runs on build 158240.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No player-on-player fighting: the danger comes from the world.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.