The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.22:28015 checked 10d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC20d ago | 1 | held half | 8.6 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
What is the meaning of the tags on The Sandbox?
The server browser reads these tags that The Sandbox publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp10 (Max players): Room for 10; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Sandbox in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature The Sandbox are: Modded Rust servers and Build and creative servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Map and rules
What map is in play on The Sandbox?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what The Sandbox runs.
What rules does The Sandbox enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Sandbox. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
Where can you find The Sandbox?
No region is published by The Sandbox. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 137.83.97.22:28015.
What is the uptime like on The Sandbox?
No stock on The Sandbox at the moment, last seen 10 days 13 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 22 September 2026.
Which Rust build is The Sandbox running?
On Windows, The Sandbox is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
What is The Sandbox's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Sandbox at #15,985, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Is The Sandbox busy at the moment?
You will find The Sandbox offline right now; its last sighting was 10 days 13 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Sandbox wipe?
The wipes of The Sandbox on record are too few to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. 11 days 16 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
What happens on The Sandbox on wipe day?
An average of 1 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 1 hours in. Until the next wipe, in 100% of recent wipes, the crowd remained above half that peak.
Join the server
What steps do you take to join The Sandbox?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.