A12/ 200 players
Modded#6,377
Dead by Thursday
Online NA 66.51.99.23:28065 checked 8m ago
teams off
monthly wipes
moddedoxide
players now0of 50 slots
7-day average0peak 2
rank#6,377top 29% · #1038 in NA
last wipe · restocked10d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock22d 12hThu 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 29% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
1.7 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Sat 3 OctThu 1 Oct
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:32 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:15 UTC FW12d ago | 1 | – | 1.7 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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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Dead by Thursday?
Here are the tags Dead by Thursday lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts0 (Group limit): You can't form teams; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167781 (Build): It runs on build 167781; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe; ^c (Creative): Creative building: skip the gathering and build; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Where does Dead by Thursday appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Dead by Thursday are: Modded Rust servers, Build and creative servers, Creative Rust servers and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on Dead by Thursday?
Dead by Thursday runs a procedural map of size 4,096 with seed 1337, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map. The map goes by: Custom Map.
Which settings and rules apply on Dead by Thursday?
There is no gather rate in the name Dead by Thursday. No group limit is published. build & creative is the game mode, a building sandbox, no gathering needed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. You will find Oxide plugins running here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
Where can you find Dead by Thursday?
The NA tag places Dead by Thursday in North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 66.51.99.23:28065.
How stable is Dead by Thursday, and is it currently online?
The shelves show Dead by Thursday in stock and online right now. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 1 minutes ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.
Is Dead by Thursday lag-free?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 57, and the floor was 7. Up to 69,242 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. Memory use peaked at 2,618 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What version does Dead by Thursday use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what powers Dead by Thursday. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Live players
Where does Dead by Thursday sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place Dead by Thursday at #6,377, in the top 29% of all ranked servers and #1,038 in North America.
How many players are on Dead by Thursday right now?
Right now 50 slots in Dead by Thursday hold 0 players. It peaked at 2 this week, and the average was 0. The last 48 hours peaked at 22:00 UTC, when it averaged 2 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does Dead by Thursday wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at Dead by Thursday, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 10 days 19 hours ago it made the world it is using now. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What happens on Dead by Thursday on wipe day?
An average of 1 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 1 hours in.
Join the server
What is the way to join Dead by Thursday?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 66.51.99.23:28065. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^c,NA,gmrust,cs167781,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp50
Max players Room for 50.
ts0
Group limit You can't form teams.
v2634
Protocol You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version.
cs167781
Build It runs on build 167781.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^m
Monthly Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe.
Gameplay
^c
Creative Creative building: skip the gathering and build.
Mods and access
^o
Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays.
Region
NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.
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.