The Signal
NA 104.192.227.51:28015 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
Top 71% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. 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
| 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
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is The Signal?
0 of 30 slots on The Signal are filled right now. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
How does The Signal rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, The Signal holds rank #15,901 worldwide, #1,540 in North America, and is in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Signal?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of The Signal on record. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when all Rust servers wipe. The map has been running for 88 days 21 hours.
Server
Is The Signal online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for The Signal: online. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at about 12 days 6 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 100% uptime. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 13 September 2026.
Performance of The Signal: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 52 server fps and a low of 35. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 129,685. It went as high as 4,386 MB of memory. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Signal run?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240 on Windows is what The Signal runs. Your game must match the protocol to connect, and Steam keeps it updated.
Where is The Signal located?
With its NA tag, The Signal lists itself in North America. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You can reach it at 104.192.227.51:28015.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Signal? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include The Signal: Best modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and Rust servers in North America. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Signal mean?
These are the tags The Signal publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp30 (Max players): The server holds 30 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2631 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2631; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs158240 (Build): This server runs build 158240; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^p (PvE): This is a PvE server, where the environment is the only enemy; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does The Signal enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in The Signal's name. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is pve, no player-versus-player combat. Listed as Modded, it uses plugins or settings that change the game. Oxide plugins are used. VAC is on.
Which map does The Signal run?
The map on The Signal is procedural, size 4,500, seed 1337, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page. Custom Map appears as the map name.
How to join
How do I join The Signal?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp30- Max players The server holds 30 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2631- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2631; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs158240- Build This server runs build 158240.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Gameplay
^p- PvE This is a PvE server, where the environment is the only enemy.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.