Africa
198.73.57.173:28015 checked 12m 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 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
| 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 Africa?
0 of 30 slots on Africa are filled right now. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
How does Africa rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Africa is #15,903 for player hours, placing it in the top 72% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Africa?
Too few wipes are on record for Africa to show its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when all Rust servers wipe. The map has been running for 102 days 5 hours.
Server details
Is Africa online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Africa is up and online. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at about 15 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 Africa: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 84 server fps and a low of 52. At its peak it held 100,228 entities, which covers buildings, deployables and all other objects in the world. It went as high as 6,447 MB of memory. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does Africa run?
On Africa, the Rust version is network protocol 2631 and build 156658 and the OS is Windows. Your game must match the protocol to connect, and Steam keeps it updated.
Where is Africa located?
No region tag is published by Africa, but its name points to Africa. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 198.73.57.173:28015 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Africa? And filters?
Community Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that Africa fits. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Africa mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Africa publishes: 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): Protocol 2631: to join, your game must match this version; cs156658 (Build): The game build is 156658; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. At the top of this page you can see its current players, queue and world creation time, which are in the tags too.
Rules, map
What rules does Africa enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Africa's name. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. PvP and raiding are enabled. This is a community server, in the Community list. VAC is on.
Which map does Africa run?
Africa runs a procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 1104, generated by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
Join
How do I join Africa?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8
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 Protocol 2631: to join, your game must match this version.
cs156658- Build The game build is 156658.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
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.