Matt and Friends
73.20.18.177:28015 checked 16d 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
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
Population
How busy is Matt and Friends?
Right now Matt and Friends is offline; the last sighting was 16 days 10 hours ago.
How does Matt and Friends rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Matt and Friends is #16,908 for player hours, placing it in the top 71% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Matt and Friends?
Too few wipes are on record for Matt and Friends to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. The map has been running for 63 days 17 hours.
Server details
Is Matt and Friends online, and how reliable is it?
The server Matt and Friends is offline as of the latest check; last seen 16 days 10 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 0% uptime. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 29 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Matt and Friends run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows is what Matt and Friends runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Matt and Friends located?
No region is published by Matt and Friends. 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 73.20.18.177:28015.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Matt and Friends? And filters?
Best modded Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that Matt and Friends fits. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Matt and Friends mean?
These are the tags Matt and Friends publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp4 (Max players): The server holds 4 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs165217 (Build): This server runs build 165217; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does Matt and Friends enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Matt and Friends's name. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are used. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does Matt and Friends run?
Matt and Friends runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 8675309, generated by the game. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How do I join Matt and Friends?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 73.20.18.177:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp4- Max players The server holds 4 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2633- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect.
cs165217- Build This server runs build 165217.
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.