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Sober Rust

Online 188.42.131.180:28015 checked 11m ago

players now0of 50 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,961top 71%
last wipe · restocked1d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
0123405:0014:0023:0009:0018:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

02040608005:0014:0023:0009:0018:0003:00

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 12 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Top 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
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.

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

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Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Can you explain the tags on Sober Rust?

gmvanilla (Game mode): Unmodified survival play; mp50 (Max players): The cap is 50; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167398 (Build): Build 167398; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set is what Sober Rust tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.

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

The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Sober Rust are: Community Rust servers in stock. 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 3 days.

Settings and rules

What map is in play on Sober Rust?

The map on Sober Rust is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 612351, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.

Which settings and rules apply on Sober Rust?

The name of Sober Rust gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Server details

What is the location of Sober Rust?

No region is published by Sober Rust. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 188.42.131.180:28015.

How reliable is Sober Rust, and is it online now?

The shelves show Sober Rust in stock and online right now. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 46 hours ago. Over the last 1 full day it was up 100% of the time, 24 of 24 hours. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 12 October 2026.

What is the performance like on Sober Rust?

Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 60, with a low of 60. At its peak it held 45,141 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The highest memory reading was 1,846 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.

What Rust version does Sober Rust run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what powers Sober Rust. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.

Population

How does Sober Rust compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?

The last seven days of player hours place Sober Rust at #15,961, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

Is Sober Rust busy at the moment?

You will find 0 players filling 50 slots in Sober Rust as things stand. The past week gives an average of 0 players.

Wipe details

When does Sober Rust wipe?

The wipes of Sober Rust 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. It has been running its current world since 47 hours ago.

Getting in

What is the way to join Sober Rust?

In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 188.42.131.180:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects. Head to https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting for its website.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Unmodified survival play.
mp50
Max players The cap is 50.
ts8
Group limit The default cap is 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs167398
Build Build 167398.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code not set.

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.