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The Rust Bucket

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Offline · checked 6d ago · 173.237.43.23:20000

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Rust Bucket, reached at 173.237.43.23:20000. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,349 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 19d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/50% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,349top 69%
Last wipe19d 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.

No hourly history yet.
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
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
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 4 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% 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
15k10k15k20k4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct18 Oct23 Oct28 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
Usual gap4.1 daysbetween real wipes
Wipe-day peak3players, last three wipes
Crowd held100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
Sat 10 OctMon 5 Oct
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 3, 0 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Sat 10 Oct, 00:4919d ago 3 – running 3
Mon 5 Oct, 21:5023d ago 3 held half 4.1 d 3

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 Rust Bucket
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3000, seed 42069. Open on RustMaps.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address173.237.43.23:20000
Region–
Max players5
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe10 Oct 2026, 00:49 UTC
Hostname–
First seen4 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3000
Seed42069

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are player-run rust server list [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 · 560 on average236/275
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average153/200
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 292 on average27/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 291 on average15/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 274 on average32/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 251 on average42/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1What location does The Rust Bucket have?

No region is published by The Rust Bucket. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 173.237.43.23:20000 is its address.

A.2How reliable is The Rust Bucket, and is it currently online?

The Rust Bucket is currently offline, with the last sighting 6 days 13 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 7%, with 12 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 4 October 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for The Rust Bucket?

The version of Rust on The Rust Bucket is network protocol 2634 and build 167781, and the operating system is Linux. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.4On what cycle does The Rust Bucket wipe?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for The Rust Bucket to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes place on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC and clears all Rust servers. The current world has been running for 19 days.

A.5How would you describe wipe day on The Rust Bucket?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 3 players. The crowd reached its maximum 0 hours after the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.

Population

A.6What is the rank of The Rust Bucket among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, The Rust Bucket holds #15,349, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

A.7What is the population level of The Rust Bucket?

At this moment The Rust Bucket is offline, having last been seen 6 days 13 hours ago. Averaged across the last seven days, the population is 0 players.

Tags, lists

A.8How should the tags on The Rust Bucket be interpreted?

Tags from The Rust Bucket, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp5 (Max players): The slot count is 5; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.9Where can The Rust Bucket be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that The Rust Bucket fits are: Rust community servers, measured. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.10Which settings and rules are in force on The Rust Bucket?

The name of The Rust Bucket states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.11On which map does The Rust Bucket take place?

Generated by the game from seed 42069, the procedural map on The Rust Bucket measures 3,000. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

How to join

A.12How do you connect to The Rust Bucket?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp5Max players. The slot count is 5.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2634Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect.
cs167781Build. The game build is 167781.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.

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. Player-run rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.