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The West Coast

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The West Coast, reached at 162.220.160.28:28080 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 1 of 160 places, against a seven-day mean of 1 and a peak of 41. It ranks #3,338 of all servers, the top 15%, and #551 in NA. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.
Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/1601% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean1peak 4, 48 h peak 2
Rank2#3,338top 15%; #551 in NA
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

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
00.511.5211:0020:0005:0013:0023:0008:00
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
05010015020011:0020:0005:0013:0023:0008:00
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 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 15% of all ranked servers, the top 30% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak4players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 8hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 8hforce wipefw
01234+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 4, 31 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:57fw27d ago 4 – 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 The West Coast
Figure 5: The map: Death Island, size 3500, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address162.220.160.28:28080
RegionNA
Max players160
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:57 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapDeath Island
Size3500
Seed1337

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North American Rust servers [2], modded Rust population table [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 15 on average2/175
Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average4/90
Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average5/1000
Testing GroundsNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 2 on average1/15
[US] Exile PvE | Noob Friendly | Raidable Bases | Skill Tree | NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average0/50
Apocrypha-Linux | PvE | PvPNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 1 on average4/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of The West Coast smooth?

The server fps averaged 93 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 38. Its entity count reached a maximum of 72,848, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 5,091 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What location does The West Coast have?

In North America, according to its own listing, The West Coast appears with the NA tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 162.220.160.28:28080.

A.3How reliable is The West Coast, and is it currently online?

The West Coast is currently online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 21 hours ago. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for The West Coast?

The version of Rust on The West Coast is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5What schedule does The West Coast follow for wipes?

The only wipe for The West Coast is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. 27 days 16 hours have passed since the current world was generated. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What characterises wipe day on The West Coast?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 4 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 31 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7How does The West Coast compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

On player hours over seven days The West Coast is #3,338, within the top 15% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #551.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on The West Coast?

The current population of The West Coast is 1, drawn from 160 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 1 players; the same period peaks at 4. Averaging 2 players, 07:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.9What is the meaning of the tags on The West Coast?

Tags from The West Coast, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp160 (Max players): It offers 160 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.10Where can The West Coast be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Modded Rust servers and North American server statistics are the Rust Statistics lists that The West Coast fits. These filters on the server list return it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Rules, settings, map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern The West Coast?

The name of The West Coast states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for The West Coast?

The game generates The West Coast's procedural map at size 3,500, from seed 1337. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. The map is named Death Island.

Connection

A.13How do you connect to The West Coast?

Enter client.connect 162.220.160.28:28080 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp160,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp160Max players. It offers 160 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
NANorth America. North America is the region it appears under in the server browser.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

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References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. North American Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust population table. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.