The Rust Server
43.226.58.236:17280 checked 10d 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 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 0 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 16hThu 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:08 UTCFW 13d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is The Rust Server?
Right now The Rust Server is offline; the last sighting was 10 days 5 hours ago.
How does The Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Rust Server ranks #15,962 worldwide and sits in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Rust Server?
Its recent wipes drew an average busiest crowd of 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Server?
Once a month, at the force wipe, The Rust Server wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next wipe arrives: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 13 days 4 hours is how long the present world has lasted.
Server details
Is The Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server The Rust Server is offline as of the latest check; last seen 10 days 5 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 29 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does The Rust Server run?
The Rust version for The Rust Server is network protocol 2634 and build 166652, on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is The Rust Server located?
For The Rust Server, no region is published. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 43.226.58.236:17280 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Rust Server? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include The Rust Server: Community Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The Rust Server mean?
These are the tags The Rust Server publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): Slot count: 40; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does The Rust Server enforce? And settings?
The Rust Server's name makes no mention of a gather rate. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. Listed under Community, it is a community server. VAC is on.
Which map does The Rust Server run?
The Rust Server runs a procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 1112022, generated by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
How do I join The Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 43.226.58.236:17280 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. The address for its site is https://minekuai.com.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp40- Max players Slot count: 40.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version.
cs166652- Build Build 166652.
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.