A1456/ 500 players
Community#5,489
The Couch
Offline 69.164.248.235:28080 checked 8h ago
players now0of 50 slots
7-day average0peak 3
rank#5,489top 25%
last wipe · restocked4d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet
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
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 10 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
A2372/ 400 players
A3286/ 325 players
B1320/ 350 players
B248/ 250 players
B3339/ 450 players
On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Can you explain the tags on The Couch?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): Region code not set is what The Couch 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.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Couch in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Couch: Community Rust servers in stock. These filters bring it up 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 week.
Map and rules
Which map is currently on The Couch?
The Couch runs a procedural map of size 4,581 with seed 481981, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does The Couch enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Couch. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. You play 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. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server details
Where can you find The Couch?
There is no region listed for The Couch. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. The endpoint is 69.164.248.235:28080.
How stable is The Couch, and is it currently online?
Right now The Couch is not in stock, last seen 8 hours ago. The uptime counter points to a restart about 3 days 19 hours ago. Over 3 full days, the shelves were stocked for 72 of 72 hours (100%). It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 10 October 2026.
Is The Couch lag-free?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 81 and never dropped below 63. At its peak it held 123,851 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. At most it drew 3,904 MB of memory. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
What Rust version does The Couch run?
The setup: The Couch on Windows, 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 Couch compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Couch at #5,489, in the top 25% of all ranked servers.
Is The Couch busy at the moment?
You will find The Couch offline right now; its last sighting was 8 hours ago. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 3. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 01:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Wipe info
On what schedule does The Couch wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from The Couch to reveal its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 4 days 4 hours ago.
How to join
What steps do you take to join The Couch?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 69.164.248.235:28080. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp50
Max players Room for 50.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs167398
Build Game build: 167398.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code Region code not 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.