The Rusty Krab
Online NA 66.51.99.44:28045 checked 9m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 36% of all ranked servers, top 65% 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 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 22d 21hThu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 03:38 UTC11d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Can you explain the tags on The Rusty Krab?
The server browser reads these tags that The Rusty Krab publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): Build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe; ^p (PvE): No player-on-player fighting: the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does The Rusty Krab appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Rusty Krab: Modded Rust servers, PvE Rust servers in stock and North America Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Map and rules
What map is in play on The Rusty Krab?
The Rusty Krab runs a procedural map of size 3,700 with seed 68656627, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does The Rusty Krab enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Rusty Krab. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. pve is the game mode, other players are not fought. 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.
Server details
What location is The Rusty Krab in?
The Rusty Krab shows the NA tag and lists in North America. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 66.51.99.44:28045.
How reliable is The Rusty Krab, and is it online now?
Open for trade right now: The Rusty Krab is online. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 38 hours ago. 129 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 77% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on The Rusty Krab?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 56 and never dropped below 11. Up to 78,851 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. Memory use peaked at 2,959 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
What Rust version does The Rusty Krab run?
The setup: The Rusty Krab on Linux, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
How does The Rusty Krab compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
For player hours over the last seven days, The Rusty Krab is #8,002 across all ranked servers, in the top 36%, and #1,200 in North America.
What is the current player count on The Rusty Krab?
Right now 50 slots in The Rusty Krab hold 0 players. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 2. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 05:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Rusty Krab wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at The Rusty Krab, 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 17 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What can you expect on The Rusty Krab when wipe day comes?
An average of 0 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.
Getting in
What is the way to join The Rusty Krab?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 66.51.99.44:28045. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs167398,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs167398
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.