PUBLIC
Online 51.81.48.22:28044 checked 8m 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, measured since 14 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 17% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 01:48 UTC17h ago | – | – | running | 2 |
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.
Tags & lists
What is the meaning of the tags on PUBLIC?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp100 (Max players): Room for 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays is what PUBLIC 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 PUBLIC appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include PUBLIC: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on PUBLIC?
PUBLIC runs a procedural map of size 5,000 with seed 1228719711, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. You will see the map name as: Custom Map.
What rules does PUBLIC enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name PUBLIC. 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. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
Where can you find PUBLIC?
No region is published by PUBLIC. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 51.81.48.22:28044.
What is the uptime like on PUBLIC?
You can grab PUBLIC: it is online as we speak. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 13 hours ago. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 14 October 2026.
What is the performance like on PUBLIC?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 177 and never dropped below 129. The entity count reached 226,983: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory reading was 3,869 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What version does PUBLIC use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what powers PUBLIC. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Player count
What is PUBLIC's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place PUBLIC at #3,750, in the top 17% of all ranked servers.
Is PUBLIC busy at the moment?
Right now 100 slots in PUBLIC hold 0 players. The seven-day average stands at 5 players, peaking at 33. The last 48 hours peaked at 19:00 UTC, when it averaged 18 players.
Wipe schedule
When does PUBLIC wipe?
Too few wipes of PUBLIC are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 14 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join PUBLIC?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 51.81.48.22:28044. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
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.