The Thursday Problem
Offline 157.85.90.161:28015 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. 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| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
Can you explain the tags on The Thursday Problem?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp75 (Max players): The cap is 75; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference is what The Thursday Problem tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Thursday Problem in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Thursday Problem: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
What map is in play on The Thursday Problem?
A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 1163496358, generated by the game, is what The Thursday Problem runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does The Thursday Problem enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Thursday Problem. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, 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. The plugins it runs number Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
Server info
What location is The Thursday Problem in?
No region is published by The Thursday Problem. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. Find it at this address: 157.85.90.161:28015.
How reliable is The Thursday Problem, and is it online now?
Right now The Thursday Problem is not in stock, last seen 10 days 12 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 0 of 168 hours (0%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build is The Thursday Problem running?
On Linux, The Thursday Problem is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
Where does The Thursday Problem sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days The Thursday Problem ranks #16,010 on player hours, among the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Thursday Problem right now?
Current status for The Thursday Problem: offline, last seen 10 days 12 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Thursday Problem wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from The Thursday Problem to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 34 days 9 hours ago.
How to join
What steps do you take to join The Thursday Problem?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 157.85.90.161:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects. Head to https://cdn.discordapp.com/icons/1516835928872587374/f7d24e4228c4bf8c28b854e01a42c2f4.webp?size=2048 for its website.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp75
ts8
v2633
cs165217
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.