A1166/ 200 players
Community#15,938
Smelly Shaft
Offline 65.21.84.250:28015 checked 11d ago
players now0of 100 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,938top 69%
last wipe · restocked12d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock22d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
No hourly history yet.
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 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
0wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:28 UTC FW12d ago | 0 | – | running | 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.
Tags & lists
How should you read the tags on Smelly Shaft?
Here are the tags Smelly Shaft lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp100 (Max players): The cap is 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166494 (Build): It runs on build 166494; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does Smelly Shaft appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Smelly Shaft are: 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 Smelly Shaft?
A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 1907403889, generated by the game, is what Smelly Shaft runs. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does Smelly Shaft enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name Smelly Shaft. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server details
What location is Smelly Shaft in?
You will find no region published for Smelly Shaft. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 65.21.84.250:28015.
How stable is Smelly Shaft, and is it currently online?
Right now Smelly Shaft is not in stock, last seen 11 days 22 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 29 September 2026.
What version does Smelly Shaft use?
On Linux, Smelly Shaft is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
Where does Smelly Shaft sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Smelly Shaft ranks #15,938 on player hours, among the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Is Smelly Shaft busy at the moment?
You will find Smelly Shaft offline right now; its last sighting was 11 days 22 hours ago.
Wipe info
On what schedule does Smelly Shaft wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at Smelly Shaft, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 12 days 2 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
What can you expect on Smelly Shaft when wipe day comes?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
Getting in
What is the way to join Smelly Shaft?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 65.21.84.250:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp100
Max players The cap is 100.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs166494
Build It runs on build 166494.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$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.