Rust Server
Online 98.96.163.210:28015 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 72% 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.
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 Rust Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp10 (Max players): Room for 10; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2621 (Protocol): You need protocol 2621 to join, matching your game version; cs142930 (Build): Build 142930; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank is what Rust Server 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.
Where does Rust Server appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Rust Server: 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.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on Rust Server?
The map on Rust Server is procedural, size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on Rust Server?
The name of Rust Server gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
Where can you find Rust Server?
No region is published by Rust Server. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 98.96.163.210:28015.
How stable is Rust Server, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: Rust Server is online. The uptime counter points to a restart about 6 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 116 of 168 hours (69%). The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on Rust Server?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 87 and never dropped below 74. Up to 150,315 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 2,606 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What Rust version does Rust Server run?
The setup: Rust Server on Linux, Rust network protocol 2621 and build 142930. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Player count
How does Rust Server compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Rust Server ranks #15,915 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Is Rust Server busy at the moment?
Right now 10 slots in Rust Server hold 0 players. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
Wipe details
When does Rust Server wipe?
Too few wipes of Rust Server are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. 245 days 2 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
How to join
What steps do you take to join Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 98.96.163.210:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2621,gmrust,cs142930,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2621
cs142930
ptrak
$r?
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.