A191/ 150 players
Community#15,892
Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 15m ago
players now0of 30 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,892top 72%
last wipe · restocked102d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 bestRankRank in region
Top 72% 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.
Also on the shelf
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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
What is the meaning of the tags on Africa?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp30 (Max players): Room for 30; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2631 (Protocol): Protocol 2631: your game must match to get in; cs156658 (Build): Game build: 156658; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): Region code not set is what Africa 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 Africa appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Africa are: Community Rust servers in stock. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
What map is in play on Africa?
The map on Africa is procedural, size 4,250 with seed 1104, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does Africa enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of Africa. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. VAC is on.
Server info
What is the location of Africa?
Without a region tag, Africa's name still points to Africa. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. The endpoint is 198.73.57.173:28015.
How stable is Africa, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: Africa is online. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 15 days 7 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 100% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
Is Africa lag-free?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 84, with a low of 52. Up to 100,228 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 6,447 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What Rust version does Africa run?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows is what powers Africa. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
What is Africa's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Africa at #15,892, in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on Africa?
Africa is carrying 0 players on 30 slots at the moment. Over the last seven days you would have seen 0 players on average.
Wipe details
When does Africa wipe?
Too few wipes of Africa are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. 102 days 6 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
Join the server
What steps do you take to join Africa?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp30
Max players Room for 30.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2631
Protocol Protocol 2631: your game must match to get in.
cs156658
Build Game build: 156658.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$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.