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Vulture Sanctuary

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Vulture Sanctuary, reached at 156.38.153.242:10160. At the last check it held 0 of 10 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 21. It ranks #6,941 of all servers, the top 31%. It last wiped 11d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/100% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 2, 48 h peak 1
Rank2#6,941top 31%
Last wipe11d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–too few wipes seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75101:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
02040608001:0010:0020:0005:0014:0023:00
Figure 2: 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 8 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 31% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k8 Oct12 Oct16 Oct21 Oct25 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak1players, last three wipes
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 3 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Sun 18 Oct, 08:1811d ago 1 – 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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Vulture Sanctuary
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3500, seed 1700582233. Open on RustMaps.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address156.38.153.242:10160
Region–
Max players10
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe18 Oct 2026, 08:18 UTC
Hostname–
First seen8 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3500
Seed1700582233

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are community tab servers measured [2] and upcoming Rust wipes [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 495 on average85/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average116/200
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 283 on average407/450
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 277 on average24/100
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 266 on average484/525
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 251 on average371/425

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Vulture Sanctuary run?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 57, with a minimum of 35. Its entity count reached a maximum of 67,978, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Its highest memory usage was 3,134 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is Vulture Sanctuary based?

A region is not published by Vulture Sanctuary. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 156.38.153.242:10160.

A.3How reliable is Vulture Sanctuary, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, Vulture Sanctuary is online. It last restarted around 7 days 4 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 85%, with 143 of 168 hours online. It was first observed on 8 October 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Vulture Sanctuary?

Vulture Sanctuary is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5What schedule does Vulture Sanctuary follow for wipes?

The record of Vulture Sanctuary's wipes is not yet sufficient to establish its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. 11 days 16 hours have passed since the current world was generated.

A.6What characterises wipe day on Vulture Sanctuary?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 3 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Vulture Sanctuary among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Vulture Sanctuary at #6,941, within the top 31% of ranked servers.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Vulture Sanctuary?

The current population of Vulture Sanctuary is 0, drawn from 10 slots. The peak over seven days is 2, against an average of 0. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 15:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags, lists

A.9How should the tags on Vulture Sanctuary be interpreted?

gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp10 (Max players): It offers 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set: these are the tags Vulture Sanctuary publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Vulture Sanctuary be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that Vulture Sanctuary fits. These filters on the server list return it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Rules, settings, map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern Vulture Sanctuary?

The name of Vulture Sanctuary states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. Community is its category in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12What map is in use on Vulture Sanctuary?

Generated by the game from seed 1700582233, the procedural map on Vulture Sanctuary measures 3,500. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

Connection

A.13How do you connect to Vulture Sanctuary?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 156.38.153.242:10160. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. You can find its website at https://server-svqdnsdm.rusters.io.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp10Max players. It offers 10 slots.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is 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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Community tab servers measured. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.