A123/ 100 players
Vanilla#6,158
Southern Grid AU
Online OC 51.161.198.78:28070 checked 13m ago
monthly wipes
vanillaoxidepremium
players now0of 50 slots
7-day average0peak 2
rank#6,158top 28% · #140 in OC
last wipe · restocked11d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock22d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
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 28% of all ranked servers, top 63% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
0.4 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
2wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Fri 2 OctThu 1 Oct
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 35 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:39 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:13 UTC FW12d ago | 2 | – | 0.4 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.
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
How should you read the tags on Southern Grid AU?
Here are the tags Southern Grid AU lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp50 (Max players): 50 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167584 (Build): Game build: 167584; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships; ^q (Premium): You need Rust premium status to join; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); OC (Oceania): In the server browser it sits under Oceania. 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 Southern Grid AU in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Southern Grid AU: Oceania Rust servers in stock, Community Rust servers in stock and Vanilla Rust servers, in stock. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on Southern Grid AU?
Southern Grid AU runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1883130744, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Which settings and rules apply on Southern Grid AU?
No gather rate is given in the name of Southern Grid AU. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, 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. You will find Oxide plugins running here. Vanilla is its own label: no altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships. You need Rust premium status to join. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
What location is Southern Grid AU in?
Southern Grid AU shows the OC tag and lists in Oceania. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 51.161.198.78:28070.
How stable is Southern Grid AU, and is it currently online?
You can grab Southern Grid AU: it is online as we speak. The uptime counter points to a restart about 23 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.
How well does Southern Grid AU perform?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 57, and the floor was 12. Up to 118,261 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. At most it drew 3,725 MB of memory. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
What Rust version does Southern Grid AU run?
The setup: Southern Grid AU on Linux, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Population
How does Southern Grid AU compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
For player hours over the last seven days, Southern Grid AU is #6,158 across all ranked servers, in the top 28%, and #140 in Oceania.
How many players are on Southern Grid AU right now?
You will find 0 players filling 50 slots in Southern Grid AU as things stand. It peaked at 2 this week, and the average was 0. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 02:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Wipe details
How often does Southern Grid AU wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at Southern Grid AU, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. It has been running its current world since 11 days 13 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What happens on Southern Grid AU on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 35 hours in.
How to join
What steps do you take to join Southern Grid AU?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 51.161.198.78:28070. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects. You need Rust premium status to join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,OC,gmrust,cs167584,^q,ts8,^o
Game
gmrust
Game mode The standard survival game mode.
mp50
Max players 50 player slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs167584
Build Game build: 167584.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^m
Monthly Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe.
Difficulty
^v
Vanilla No altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships.
Mods and access
^q
Premium You need Rust premium status to join.
^o
Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
Region
OC
Oceania In the server browser it sits under Oceania.
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.