The West Coast
NA 162.220.160.28:28080 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 16% of all ranked servers, top 34% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 4 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 0hThu 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 4, 31 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:57 UTCFW 13d ago | 4 | – | 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.
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Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is The West Coast?
The current population of The West Coast is 1 out of 160 slots. The past seven days show 1 players on average and 3 at peak. In the last 48 hours, 00:00 UTC drew the highest average: 3 players.
How does The West Coast rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The West Coast ranks #3,537 worldwide and #632 in North America, sitting in the top 16% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The West Coast?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 4 players on average. The crowd reaches its peak 31 hours after the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on The West Coast?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all The West Coast runs. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next wipe arrives: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 13 days is how long the present world has lasted. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Server
Is The West Coast online, and how reliable is it?
The West Coast is online at the moment. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 3 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 166 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Performance of The West Coast: does it run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, average server fps was 94, and it never dropped below 51. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 58,650. It went as high as 3,325 MB of memory. Low fps together with an increasing entity count is what players call lag.
Which version of Rust does The West Coast run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what The West Coast runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is The West Coast located?
With its NA tag, The West Coast 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 162.220.160.28:28080.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include The West Coast? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists The West Coast fits are: Best modded Rust servers and Rust servers in North America. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The West Coast mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp160 (Max players): The server holds 160 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): This server runs build 166494; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): One wipe per month, matching the force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America are the tags The West Coast publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Map and rules
What rules does The West Coast enforce? And settings?
The name of The West Coast does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. On this server, the mode is survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. You can fight and raid other players. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does The West Coast run?
The map on The West Coast is procedural, size 3,500, seed 1337, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page. Death Island appears as the map name.
Join
How do I join The West Coast?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 162.220.160.28:28080 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp160,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp160- Max players The server holds 160 players.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2634- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166494- Build This server runs build 166494.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly One wipe per month, matching the force wipe.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings.
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.