Wayward Home
NA 66.51.98.53:28015 checked 8d 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 71% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 15hThu 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, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:53 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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Population
How busy is Wayward Home?
Currently Wayward Home is offline, having last been seen 8 days 9 hours ago.
How does Wayward Home rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Wayward Home is #15,960 for player hours globally and #1,565 in North America, placing it in the top 71% of ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Wayward Home?
The busiest points of its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. On the latest wipe, 1 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Wayward Home?
Once a month, at the force wipe, Wayward Home wipes. 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 12 days 7 hours. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Server details
Is Wayward Home online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Wayward Home is offline, with the most recent sighting 8 days 9 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 0% uptime. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Wayward Home run?
The Rust version for Wayward Home is network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Wayward Home located?
Its NA tag puts Wayward Home in North America, where it lists itself. 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 66.51.98.53:28015.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Wayward Home? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists Wayward Home fits are: Best modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and Rust servers in North America. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, 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 Wayward Home 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): Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly, together with the force wipe; ^p (PvE): Player versus environment: the world is the threat, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings; NA (North America): North America is the browser category for this server are the tags Wayward Home publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does Wayward Home enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Wayward Home's name. The group limit is 8 players, the default. The game mode for this server is pve, no player-versus-player combat. Listed as Modded, it uses plugins or settings that change the game. Oxide plugins are used. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does Wayward Home run?
Wayward Home runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 142534215, generated by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
Join
How do I join Wayward Home?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.98.53:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
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 Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166494- Build Build 166494.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly It wipes monthly, together with the force wipe.
Gameplay
^p- PvE Player versus environment: the world is the threat, not other players.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings.
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.