The Citadel
Offline 50.82.0.135:28015 checked 7d 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 62% 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.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on The Citadel?
gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival mode; mp1 (Max players): 1 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166652 (Build): It runs on build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set is what The Citadel tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Citadel in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Citadel: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters 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 2 weeks.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on The Citadel?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what The Citadel runs.
Which settings and rules apply on The Citadel?
The name of The Citadel gives no gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What is the location of The Citadel?
No region is published by The Citadel. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. Find it at this address: 50.82.0.135:28015.
What is the uptime like on The Citadel?
No stock on The Citadel at the moment, last seen 7 days 23 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 0% uptime. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 6 October 2026.
What version does The Citadel use?
On Windows, The Citadel is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Live players
Where does The Citadel sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Citadel at #13,786, in the top 62% of all ranked servers.
Is The Citadel busy at the moment?
Current status for The Citadel: offline, last seen 7 days 23 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Citadel wipe?
Too few wipes of The Citadel are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. 8 days 1 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
How to join
What steps do you take to join The Citadel?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 50.82.0.135:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
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.