A1222/ 225 players
Community#9,146
The place of the 8Ball
Offline 51.79.46.204:20290 checked 8h ago
players now2of 10 slots
7-day average0peak 2
rank#9,146top 41%
last wipe · restocked11d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no rhythm it keeps
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
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 28 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 41% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
1.8 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
33%on rhythmof its recent wipes
3wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
100%crowd heldof its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Sat 3 OctSat 3 OctThu 1 Oct
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:07 UTC11d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 15:25 UTC11d ago | 3 | – | 0.3 days | 1 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:54 UTC FW13d ago | 4 | – | 1.8 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 17:57 UTC16d ago | 3 | held half | 3.1 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.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on The place of the 8Ball?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167781 (Build): It runs on build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set is what The place of the 8Ball 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 The place of the 8Ball appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The place of the 8Ball: 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.
Map and rules
What map is in play on The place of the 8Ball?
The place of the 8Ball runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 297821397, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does The place of the 8Ball enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name The place of the 8Ball. 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. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. VAC is on.
Server details
Where can you find The place of the 8Ball?
No region is published by The place of the 8Ball. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. Find it at this address: 51.79.46.204:20290.
How reliable is The place of the 8Ball, and is it online now?
Right now The place of the 8Ball is not in stock, last seen 8 hours ago. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 14 minutes ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 24 of 168 hours, or 14% of the time. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 28 September 2026.
What is the performance like on The place of the 8Ball?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 238 and never dropped below 238. The entity count reached 44,424: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,086 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
Which Rust build is The place of the 8Ball running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what powers The place of the 8Ball. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
How does The place of the 8Ball compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The place of the 8Ball at #9,146, in the top 41% of all ranked servers.
Is The place of the 8Ball busy at the moment?
Current status for The place of the 8Ball: offline, last seen 8 hours ago. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 2. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 00:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does The place of the 8Ball wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for The place of the 8Ball, which wipes at irregular times. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 11 days 10 hours ago.
What happens on The place of the 8Ball on wipe day?
An average of 3 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 0 hours after the wipe. Until the next wipe, in 100% of recent wipes, the crowd remained above half that peak.
Getting in
What steps do you take to join The place of the 8Ball?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 51.79.46.204:20290. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp10
Max players The cap is 10.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs167781
Build It runs on build 167781.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is 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.