Area 501 [Duo|Casual]
Online 69.237.201.90:28015 checked 11m 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 71% of all ranked servers, and #633 of the quad servers (top 77%). 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.
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 Area 501 [Duo|Casual]?
Here are the tags Area 501 [Duo|Casual] lists, which the game's browser uses: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules, which are gentler; mp40 (Max players): Room for 40; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in; cs163207 (Build): Build 163207; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game; ^y (Carbon): It uses Carbon for plugins. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find Area 501 [Duo|Casual] in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Area 501 [Duo|Casual]: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Quad.
Map and rules
What map is in play on Area 501 [Duo|Casual]?
The map on Area 501 [Duo|Casual] is procedural, size 3,500 with seed 4269501, 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 Area 501 [Duo|Casual] enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of Area 501 [Duo|Casual] gives no gather rate. quad groups are capped at 4 players. This server runs softcore, Facepunch's easier option, with part of your loot kept. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. The plugins it runs number Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What location is Area 501 [Duo|Casual] in?
There is no region listed for Area 501 [Duo|Casual]. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 69.237.201.90:28015.
What is the uptime like on Area 501 [Duo|Casual]?
Open for trade right now: Area 501 [Duo|Casual] is online. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 4 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 2 of 168 hours, or 1% of the time. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on Area 501 [Duo|Casual]?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 233, with a low of 228. At its peak it held 69,913 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The highest memory reading was 2,034 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust build is Area 501 [Duo|Casual] running?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207 on Windows is what powers Area 501 [Duo|Casual]. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
What is Area 501 [Duo|Casual]'s rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Area 501 [Duo|Casual] at #15,961, in the top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it comes in at #633.
Is Area 501 [Duo|Casual] busy at the moment?
Area 501 [Duo|Casual] is carrying 0 players on 40 slots at the moment. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
Wipe details
How often does Area 501 [Duo|Casual] wipe?
The wipes of Area 501 [Duo|Casual] on record are too few to show its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 40 days 8 hours ago.
Join the server
What is the way to join Area 501 [Duo|Casual]?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 69.237.201.90:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmsoftcore,cs163207,ts4,^z,^y
Game
gmsoftcore
mp40
ts4
v2633
cs163207
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.