RTF
NA 66.51.98.51:28025 checked 8m 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 18% of all ranked servers, top 39% 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
- usual gap
- 1.5 days between real wipes
- on rhythm
- 0% of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 3 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100% of its cycles kept half the crowd
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, 25 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 22:02 UTC 9d ago | 4 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 15:44 UTC 10d ago | 4 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:49 UTCFW 12d ago | 2 | held half | 2.7 days | 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 RTF?
0 of 50 slots on RTF are filled right now. The past seven days show 1 players on average and 3 at peak. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 20:00 UTC, when the average was 2 players.
How does RTF rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, RTF ranks #4,008 worldwide and #714 in North America, sitting in the top 18% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on RTF?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 3 players on average. 25 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaks. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on RTF?
The only wipe RTF runs is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that clears every Rust server. The map has been running for 9 days 16 hours. Its tags show a monthly wipe schedule.
Server details
Is RTF online, and how reliable is it?
RTF is online at the moment. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 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 13 September 2026.
Performance of RTF: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 40 server fps and a low of 5. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 123,540. It went as high as 3,546 MB of memory. The feeling of lag players report is caused by low fps and entities climbing.
Which version of Rust does RTF run?
On RTF, the Rust version is network protocol 2634 and build 166652 and the OS is Linux. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is RTF located?
Its NA tag puts RTF in North America, where it lists itself. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 66.51.98.51:28025 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include RTF? And filters?
Community Rust servers and Rust servers in North America are the When Is Wipe lists that RTF fits. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on RTF mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp50 (Max players): The server holds 50 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version; cs166652 (Build): This server runs build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; NA (North America): North America is the browser category for this server are the tags RTF publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you can see its current players, queue and world creation time, which are in the tags too.
Rules, map
What rules does RTF enforce? And settings?
The name of RTF does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. PvP and raiding are enabled. This is a community server, in the Community list. VAC is on.
Which map does RTF run?
A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 2009818051, is used by RTF; the game generates it. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How do I join RTF?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.98.51:28025 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,gmrust,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp50- Max players The server holds 50 players.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version.
cs166652- Build This server runs build 166652.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Region
NA- North America North America is the browser category for this server.
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.