Rusty Balloon Knot
172.240.53.131:2856 checked 11h 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 7h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 7hThu 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 2, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:02 UTCFW 12d ago | 2 | – | 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
Population
How busy is Rusty Balloon Knot?
At present Rusty Balloon Knot shows as offline; its last appearance was 11 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 1.
How does Rusty Balloon Knot rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, Rusty Balloon Knot holds rank #11,128 and is in the top 50% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Balloon Knot?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. The crowd reaches its peak 25 hours after the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Balloon Knot?
The only wipe Rusty Balloon Knot runs is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next wipe arrives: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The map has been running for 12 days 14 hours.
Server
Is Rusty Balloon Knot online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for Rusty Balloon Knot: offline, last seen 11 hours ago. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 10 days 19 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 100% uptime. Its first appearance in When Is Wipe data was 1 October 2026.
Performance of Rusty Balloon Knot: does it run smoothly?
Over the past 48 hours, it averaged 96 server fps, with a minimum of 80. At its peak it held 69,184 entities, which covers buildings, deployables and all other objects in the world. Memory use reached 3,893 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
The Rust version for Rusty Balloon Knot is network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Rusty Balloon Knot located?
No region is published by Rusty Balloon Knot. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. 172.240.53.131:2856 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Rusty Balloon Knot? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists Rusty Balloon Knot fits are: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Rusty Balloon Knot mean?
These are the tags Rusty Balloon Knot publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp150 (Max players): The server holds 150 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Rules, map
What rules does Rusty Balloon Knot enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Rusty Balloon Knot's name. The group limit is 8 players, the default. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. You can fight and raid other players. In the Modded list, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Rusty Balloon Knot run?
The map on Rusty Balloon Knot is procedural, size 3,500, seed 1862422565, created by the game. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
Join
How do I join Rusty Balloon Knot?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 172.240.53.131:2856 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp150- Max players The server holds 150 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version.
cs166494- Build The game build is 166494.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings.
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.